[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I guess it would probably be 330's robot. How can you get simpler than a single degree of freedom PVC arm?

Originally Posted by JVN

I love how your suggestion for MCC is one of the most elite robots of the year, and one of the World Champions. I also love that I really can't argue with you.

-John

I would argue that there were at least 2 effective robots that were simpler.

In this picture, all three of 330's defensive wedges can be seen folded up. Yep, three of them. 2 retractable, 1 not.

I can't find any pictures on CD of the two robots I have in mind, so I'll try to describe them. Note that all three robots I'm talking about were on the winning alliance in L.A. 2005. All three were single-joint arms.

634, Van Nuys High School: Their tetra-stabilization device was a split claw that would do the same thing as 330's except by going around the far leg of the tetra.

69, HYPER: 4 wheels, single-joint arm. I don't remember the end of their claw.

Neither of those two teams had any sort of defensive wedge. I think I can think of a couple other teams with similar designs, but less success--I'd have to work at it, though.