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Re: Average Robot extra parts cost?

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Originally Posted by farmersvilleRob View Post
Yup. $600 in 5 super ultrasonic sensors.
$400 electrical compass
$1300 in 8 COTS servos
$200 special aluminum for arms
$275 slipring
and whatever else


What is wrong with normal aluminium? (of all the questions I could have asked, this is the first one that comes to mind). What is so special about it? What are you doing that would make using a $400 dollar compass any more reliable (in practice) than using 3 or 4 less expensive sensors and average the values?
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