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Re: Use of laptop on robot

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Originally Posted by Robostang 548 View Post
The only violations we managed to find (and I personally think would probably go unnoticed when our robot is being inspected) were the system clock battery and the cooling fans.
So, of course, you'll make sure to solve all these problems before you even consider putting this on your robot....

Annnyways. A good Q&A to pose to the poor GDC early on would be how to account for such a system. Do you price the RAM, processor, drive, power supply, etc separately if you buy the separately and assemble it yourself? What if you buy it as a system? What if you buy a system but partially disassemble it? This obviously similarly applies to mechanical systems, of course, but the PC system got me thinking about it.
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