COTS Parts made just for FIRST Robots

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I'm wondering, would there be any interest in a COTS frame? If so, what would it be (material, construction, configuration (long/wide), how many wheels, etc) and how much would you expect to pay for it?

honestly I wouldn't expect to pay much for it. I can get a entire frame made for less than $50 so i don't expect your ROI would be very high for a frame. But that is just one person's opinion. Plus it would have to be very impressive to beat out what comes in the kit (not that it couldn't be done, but the kit had about everything). I just think a frame would have so many small elements like you mention you would have to plan for would make it a very tough job. As I said before I just do not think your ROI would be very high for a product that teams either can get "free" in the kit or if they do not want that solution they would probably do something custom anyways. that's just my 2 cents.