I was looking at https://www.unitree.com/go2/ recently, which seems rather good value I thought.
Some of the videos look really impressive, such as the back flips, climbing stairs and the lidar
Petoi Bittle – a programmable robot dog
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Re: Petoi Bittle – a programmable robot dog
#12I was looking at https://www.unitree.com/go2/ recently, which seems rather good value I thought. Some of the videos look really impressive, such as the back flips, climbing stairs and the lidar
They do look impressive but the videos are all 3D graphics rather than real. The texture on the robot body and shadows are the giveaway.
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#13Is it just me, or is $269 monstrously expensive for some injection moulded plastic, plastic geared servo motors, an arduino compatible board, a battery and some connectivity modules?
If you sell hw products and you're not charging at least 4x parts costs you will go bankrupt.
Your parent should really check out the BOM on his iPhone or MacBook before complaining about $270 being "monstrously expensive" hardware. And all those gadgets benefit from high volume discounts on parts, decades of sunk R&D costs and the volume economies of scale, assembled by sweatshop workers, not niche low volume production runs for enthusiasts like this one.
The price of Pizza at your local non-fast-food restaurant is also significantly higher than that of the bulk raw ingredients it's made of. Now also try adding the R&D costs of inventing the Pizza to that see where that gets you.
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#14Is it just me, or is $269 monstrously expensive for some injection moulded plastic, plastic geared servo motors, an arduino compatible board, a battery and some connectivity modules?
Similar to how software engineers get paid $1000s just to keep hitting the keyboard.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you sell hw products and you're not charging at least 4x parts costs you will go bankrupt.
Your parent should really check out the BOM on his iPhone or MacBook before complaining about $270 being "monstrously expensive" hardware. And all those gadgets benefit from high volume discounts on parts, decades of sunk R&D costs and the volume economies of scale, assembled by sweatshop workers, not niche low volume production runs for enthusiasts like this one. The price of Pizza at your local non-fast-food restau…
she doesn't have an iPhone or a MacBook because I do think they're expensive. I buy my phones used on eBay and cringe if they cost more than £50
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your parent should really check out the BOM on his iPhone or MacBook before complaining about $270 being "monstrously expensive" hardware. And all those gadgets benefit from high volume discounts on parts, decades of sunk R&D costs and the volume economies of scale, assembled by sweatshop workers, not niche low volume production runs for enthusiasts like this one. The price of Pizza at your local non-fast-food restau…
she doesn't have an iPhone or a MacBook because I do think they're expensive. I buy my phones used on eBay and cringe if they cost more than £50
How you feel about your SO's phone pricing is besides the point.
The point was that you don't understand the distinction between the retail price of a product and raw BOM costs.
Please read the comments here trying to educate you.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
she doesn't have an iPhone or a MacBook because I do think they're expensive. I buy my phones used on eBay and cringe if they cost more than £50
How you feel about your SO's phone pricing is besides the point. The point was that you don't understand the distinction between the retail price of a product and raw BOM costs. Please read the comments here trying to educate you.
what do you mean about my SO? I was referring to myself
Re: Petoi Bittle – a programmable robot dog
#18Is it just me, or is $269 monstrously expensive for some injection moulded plastic, plastic geared servo motors, an arduino compatible board, a battery and some connectivity modules?
Excellent business opportunity for someone with your knowledge
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
How you feel about your SO's phone pricing is besides the point. The point was that you don't understand the distinction between the retail price of a product and raw BOM costs. Please read the comments here trying to educate you.
what do you mean about my SO? I was referring to myself
Sorry but you did refer to yourself at the third person as "she", so how was anyone supposed to know?
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#20I was looking at https://www.unitree.com/go2/ recently, which seems rather good value I thought. Some of the videos look really impressive, such as the back flips, climbing stairs and the lidar
They do look impressive but the videos are all 3D graphics rather than real. The texture on the robot body and shadows are the giveaway.
Interesting, I didn't actually realise that. Will await to see some reviews :)