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Originally Posted by gblake
Let's follow current trends to one of their likely conclusions.
I pretty sure that in the not too distant future, some company, people, or person will sell a full, high-performance, does-great-on-the-field, FRC robot (the moving vehicle, the software, and the operator controls). They will sell it in the form of a bill-of-materials, plus instructions, plus published software, plus parts ready to be assembled. They will offer it sometime in the middle of build season.
When that happens will FRC be alive and well? Or will that be the beginning of the end?
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Someone entertained the same thought 11 years ago, and I still can't mail-order my Cheesy Poof Powder.
We are closer today (so many different choices of gearboxes, wheels, systems, and a few generic kits), but I think its an asymptotic curve. Besides, I don't think the market for game specific solutions is large (but I suppose only Mr. Market actually knows). While many teams use the concepts proved out by Ri3D & others, (I think) very few copy the drawings.