Taking the Bag out of Bag Day

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Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

Someone remind me again, what is the purpose of bagging the robot?

If it's leveling out the playing field, it doesn't do that at all

Similar to my post, I agree with this completely.

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

Furthermore, I can't think of one instance in industry where some management organization is going to tell you "nope, hands off; you can't get better anymore".

This isn't correct.

I design trucks and when we ship the sales group their first demo trucks, we have to stop writing change orders on that model. We'll plan upgrades and improvements, but the body panels, the interior panels, the COTS things need to be ordered. So no upgrades are allowed.

I've designed radios, elevators, train parts, pumps, many other things. This is how it's worked for me every time. If you have a functional, safe design, even if it can be improved, it has to go into production at some point. You release the prints and they order the first production-run worth...sometimes hundreds of parts.

This is part of the real world of engineering. Every design can be improved after it's first conceived and tried, but mostly you'll be doing that after production has started and orders are being fulfilled. Many times that doesn't even happen--you have new projects by then...what was good enough to release is good enough to sell.