Durability in FRC

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Originally Posted by Michael Hill

Never underestimate the price breaks of super mass production. Also, engineers spend A LOT of time just shaving off any dollar they can. For example, in 2012, over 400000 Ford F-150s were sold. So for every dollar off their BoM cost saves $400,000, well worth spending the time on. However, in FRC, price has the habit of playing second fiddle to other things like size and weight. If we REALLY tried to, I bet we could really drive down the price of an FRC robot. It's just not a priority.

Not that the other explanations aren't very true as well, but personally, I also try to crash my car less than I do my robot. (I also drop it off fewer pyramids and drive it off fewer bridges, even accounting for the vastly different velocities and distances.)

Be safe, everyone.