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Originally Posted by JosephM
...Sure, you can buy a radio and take it apart to learn about it, but nothing is better than building a radio for yourselves, because not only do you learn about the radio, but you also learn about other aspects of it, such as design, ease of use, and other things...
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in the case of the andymark transmission, i think (and i could be wrong) that the majority of the teams that have the ability to build a gearbox will build one, even if there is one already for sale. the teams that this will appeal to are the ones who might have otherwise used the FIRST provided gearbox. this is simply a way to level the playing field for those of us who don't have a machine shop and an engineering firm at their disposal.
the same could be said of any other drive train components (i.e. frames, wheels, sprockets, etc.). i don't think that anyone needs to be worried about a team simply buying a whole robot, as i doubt that any team(s) could stratigize, design, build, and perfect an end effect, much less a whole robot, in time to market it to FIRST teams during the build season.