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Originally Posted by comphappy
I feel like people keep missing this:
What is the cost of cRIO? Will this change raise the entry cost for teams?
A No. Due to the investment being made by NI ($10M over 5 years) and NI’s suppliers, FIRST will
provide teams with a more powerful control system without raising the cost to compete. Because
there are many factors that determine the final price of the kit of parts, the exact entry price has
not been determined yet.
While it may be expensive hardware, they are making it available with out raising the costs of entry.
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Yes, they are giving us
one without raising the cost of entry. However, to keep previous robots functioning a veteran team will have to purchase a new control system every year as FIRST will only give us the first one.