[MCC] Minimum Comptetivie Concept 2011

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Originally Posted by IKE

1503 from 2011 is what I would call design elegance, not a MCC. Elegance can often be as much work as complexity.

I agree, however, my intentions were to recommend something conceptually similar to the 1503 arm. A single joint arm with a pinch-claw on the end. It could be as simple as some pvc and a pneumatic cylinder, or as complex as the 1503 triple-reduced, punched, flanged, and powder-coated am. I already said that I didn't believe the MCC needed an arm, but one would certainly make you a more attractive alliance pick (if only for the auton points). If you needed an arm, I think 179 had the simplest one that i saw in 2011, and if the only thing you wanted was autonomous, you could simplify that arm down to a tube simply pressed into the claw, without the servo-powered grabbers 179 had.