Is $300 too much to spend on A 12kg bot not including IBC or radio controlle |
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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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that depends on what you are fighting for..
If its a casual back-yard competition with just bragging rights amongst other builders, then its probably about right.. I would say most of the current bots cost between $100-$300 not including radio or electronics.
Put some prize money, media coverage, spectators and keeping your sponsors happy in there though, and suddenly things get a lot more competitive. If you can win 1st place on national television, what do you think that is worth ? (hint, prime time TV advertising costs tens of thousands of dollars per minute, how many minutes of airtime do you suppose you would get if you came first ?)
The most expensive bots I've heard of would have to be Warhead (I heard 12,000 pound or about $30,000 Aus) and one of the Whyachi bots, which I heard had a price tag of $45,000 - $60,000 Australian). But when you consider how much publicity these bots have bought their builders, it doesnt seem like so much.. (who here would have heard of whyachi engineering if they hadn't fought bots, now they have more engineering work than they can handle)
for the competition level right now though, I cant see any need to spend more than $500-$1000 to build a reasonably competitive bot. some have been done for a lot less. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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