Robotics Marketing Survey (Hypothetical)

[J Flex 188]

Hi CD community members,

I sincerely hope I am not stepping one anyone's toes by doing this and re-introducing a new dynamic to an issue that has been discussed countless times already. The following post involves a purely hypothetical stiuation for the purposes of the creation of a marketing plan for my MKTG 2030 class at the Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada ( http://www.schulich.yorku.ca). Whoever said robotics and business cant interact?

In any case, this plan involves the creation of a company modeled around Andy Mark but with a distinct difference. We would be offering pre-made solutions (design drawings, materials) for functional aspects of the robot, including but not limited to elevators, single or double joint arms and other elements that are more essentially standardized solutions for each year of competition, rather than a specific manipulator to grab tubes or tetras.

There would be a support system consisting of online forums, with additional technical and on-site support for a small premium. We would ship the parts and instructions to all teams and leave it up to them to go through the process of assembly, keeping intact the idea of the build experience. Eventually we would like the hypothetical company to expand to create a curriculum program oriented around Robotics and Design Technology, much in the same way that Intellitek has program offerings already.

The survey is below, you can either reply to this thread or send the completed survey (all check boxes in Word) to schulich.surveys@gmail.com. Please note that this is PURELY for a marketing purpose only. It is not my intent to create another discussion on the benefits of collaboration, COTS parts or anything of that nature. If you would like to do so, please do in another thread. If you would like to contribute constructive criticism to this idea and additional feedback, feel free to PM me. This is solely through my academic activities and not affiliated with Team 188.

Any help is appreciated!