^^^ True that, That's why we are looking to change some things
We have recently bought fiberglass tanks (5 of them), with the idea that we might be able to ditch our compressor.
We have also begun placing more emphasis on CAD.
As for KISS, swerve is most defenitly out (kind of a shame, but we are replacing it with a fully modeled WCD).
The tricky bit will be keeping our manipulator simple.
As for manipulators. Are there any golden rules that you can think of?