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Originally Posted by Oblarg
The problem is that many of the attributes you wish to compare are not easily quantifiable. "Reliability" is not an element of a metric space. It is useful to attempt to quantify these so you can do a rough estimation of a utility calculation, but I would never take that as anything more than a guide for discussion.
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At my company, we have an entire function called "Reliability Engineering" There are ways to quantify reliability in terms of RPH (repairs per hundred) CPE (cost per engine - we make engines, but it could be CPR - cost per robot), and MTBF (mean time between failure). Reliability is very much a metric in industrial settings. Decisions are made and resources are applied based in part on the reliability numbers.
An FRC robot isn't going to have hundreds of like units to generate RPH, but the other items are real things that each team should consider.