Strategy is deciding what your robot will not do. Teams that try to score everything usually score little of it well.
ScoutingLink to this section
- Record objective data: cycles, autonomous success, penalties.
- Separate robot capability from driver capability.
- Note reliability — a broken high scorer is a low scorer.
Alliance selectionLink to this section
- Pick complements, not clones.
- A reliable partner beats a fast unreliable one in eliminations.
- Discuss autonomous conflicts before the match, not on the field.
| Role | Value | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Cycler | Consistent points | Defense-vulnerable |
| Specialist | High-value scoring | Narrow usefulness |
| Defender | Suppresses opponents | Penalty exposure |