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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
If you look at your robot as an engineering prototype, and add up all the time and materials that went into it
then for the average team that prototype machine 'cost' around $30,000.
You better have a really good reason for destroying a $30,000 investment.
Its not a question of sentiment or ethics, its a matter of logic and responsibility. There are many things you can use an intact robot for, student science days, demos for grade schools, off season competitions, fundraising...
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While I agree with your conclusion Ken, I must dis-agree with your logic. The money's spent on a finished robot are "sunk costs". They will not be recovered whether the robot is kept or destroyed. The reasons for keeping an old robot are things like using it as a tool to further inspiration.
Matt B