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[kstl99]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Throw the KISS mentality out the window. I believe that mentality has made the team feel competent; feeling competence is not good. We must get better everytime, or we will never be able to compete at a higher level. Even though I am not the team leader this year, I will strive for perfection and never feel satisfied. Never ever be satisfied with your performance; there is always someone that will out practice and out perform you.

Though I agree with much of your post, the KISS mentality is a very valuable strategy to follow. Many ideas should be tested but if the results are the same go with the simple one. This is very true in industry. Simple means you can test more completely. It also means less malfunctions, and there were many robots that broke down this year. Keeping it simple is a skill too few engineers have.