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Re: Simplicity Vs. Complexity

In my opinion the simplest design that meets the design requirements is best. This being said it is the design requirements that your team decides upon that will determine what is the best option.

For example, in Logomotion, if your team determined that creating some type of tube lifter that needed to use no motors then a pneumatic arm may have been the simplest solution given your design constraints. However had your team decided for one reason or another that keeping your CG in relatively the same spot then perhaps some linear elevator would have been the best for you.

If there is a way to keep from adding complexity to a design, it will generally improve the robustness of the mechanism and keep it easy to maintain. So I would say that simplicity and elegance will generally be better than complexity.
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