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Originally Posted by davidthefat
So what are your thoughts about the FIRST kit of parts? I personally don't like the fact that they make you use the CRio and Class mate and all those regulation stuff, its cool that they give us that, but I would much rather have the freedom to choose my microcontrollers and the means of communicating with my robot... Seems to reflect the "real life" more. Different companies have their own ways and products that they use to build their products... Its not all the same. I think more freedom will allow more interesting robots
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There's a few reasons.. First, it's less expensive getting the KoP than buying all your own things. FIRST gets them at reduced prices and passes those on. Secondly, it lessens the advantage to the more affluent teams (who you were complaining about) because they can get products that will run simply better than what other teams can afford. i'm sure there's more reasons, but those are just a couple.
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