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Re: Opinion Poll: Proliferation of Prefbricated Parts

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Originally Posted by techhelpbb View Post
I just put a AndyMark AM14U2 together with a complete RoboRIO control system, NavX, part of a pneumatic system, encoders and co-processor in 2 days. With the co-processor being the longest delay.
At some point it's possible some teams - if they plan really carefully - could be done in < 2 weeks.
So what is the project too big then?
I can see this actually getting boring.
Don't know what the real problem is here. Having a variety of COTS products (for less resourced teams that don't have machining capabilities) or having a grumpy 40 year old putting together a COTS kit with all the parts needed in two days and rush on.

I have kids on the team that struggle putting such a thing together but they get inspired and motivated. Tell them to design something from scratch can be difficult with 15 year olds..

Having COTS doesn't mean all the work is done. Implementing them and combining several parts and stuff is a challenge already.
Well... at least.... if you let them do the work

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