Starting small. Before Griffin comes Griffon.
It's a straight blend of Jekyl 0.55 movement and VertiLeach targeting.
This makes for a very competetive bot. Currently (October 7 2003) #2 in both the roborumble and minirumble categories of the RoboRumble@Home:
Download it at: http://www.robocoderepository.com/BotDetail.jsp?id=1774