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Unread 04-05-2005, 02:40
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Re: COTS Parts made just for FIRST Robots

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Originally Posted by Andrew Rudolph
Maybe sell a frame with a prebuilt 4 or 6 wheel drive, or where you could buy a frame, wheels and gearboxes from you to quickly make a 4 or 6 wheel drive. Like the kit bot but better. Of course you take a big chance in case the kit bot is improved and your product isnt any better than the kit bot. The frame should cost around what a simmilar frame of 80/20 would cost.
I'm curious as to what sort of improvements you would like to the kit bot? The kit bot provides all the functionality you describe. Considering that it's part of the KOP, I can't imagine that there'd be much of a market for this type of product unless you have some sort of idea on how to establish differentiation.
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Last edited by Karthik : 04-05-2005 at 02:48.