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I have recently priced out these parts because I am building a robot on my own time and THEY ARE NOT CHEAP. I got a price of at least $500, (two motors, simple drive train, victor speed controllers, etc) and this was to be controlled using an arduino.
Now lets consider an FRC robot. Lets factor in the cRIO modules instead of an arduino. Correct me if i'm wrong, but a new cRIO module goes for around $649, and there are three. So we are talking AT LEAST $2447 (drive train plus cRIO). Two IFI radios (Probably $150 a pop new), bringing the total to $2,747. If he knows what he is doing, he'll turn a profit easy. On the flip side, if he doesn't know what he is dealing with, some team will get a real bargain. **Please keep into consideration that this is a rough estimate that is probably high, as the price of the modules varies considerably. |
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Judging by what was done to the robot, no one involved has a clue what any of the parts are, so they'd be hard pressed to get much money for them.
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My question is how did a team (1277 IIRC) lose possession of all these parts? Unless they were temporarily donated for use in the show, why would they be abandoned? I for one would gladly take some parts like that off their hands if they don't want them...
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Usually when an organization abandons a storage unit its due to an oversight. Whoever was in charge of paying the bills probably forgot to pass it off to the next person when they left, or assumed someone else had it covered. If the leadership isn't paying enough attention to what's being done its very easy to overlook something like this, especially if few on the team even knew the storage unit existed. |
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nice
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Most elaborate game hint ever. ;)
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The guy would be lucky to make half of MSRP and it's going to take quite a bit of work. There isn't a big market on Craigslist or Ebay for FRC robot parts. I certainly would not want to hang my hat on making money via selling used robot components. |
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looked scripted to me... |
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Seriously, you can watch them cut the lock off the unit, throw open the door and !behold! - pretty robots perfectly staged for the cameras. If you believe that isn't fake, PM me because I have a bridge here in Fort Lee I don't need any more and I can sell it cheap. Sorry to be a curmudgeon, but fake reality really gets my goat. Especially when the producers of this pap expect us to buy it. How stupid are we really? |
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The robot is a prop used to capture the uninformed, ignorant, and curious and you've been caught in the net, as well. Jane |
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