I came back into the sport after about 10 years only to find windscreen wiper motors and SLA's are old skool!

What do you mean I can't make a robot out of MDF, pop rivets and angle Ali!!

Anyway, there's loads of info on the forum if you have a good search around. The build diaries are a good place to look.

I also found watching videos of other people's matches was handy;

http://www.youtube.com/user/RogueTwoRobots

Check out Jamie's YouTube channel (he's also Scottish!) for loads of great FW fights. Give's you a good idea of the scope for FW robots.