Lidar line-following car.
A four-wheel robot car with a lidar and a custom control board. Our engineers in Shenzhen designed and built it, from board and firmware to enclosure and packaging, and delivered the batch.
What it cost
- Development fee
- $5,000, one time
- 10 cars at $150
- $1,500
- Total, delivered
- $6,500
Development was about 77% of the total. Spread over ten cars, it added $500 to each one on top of its $150.
Kit or custom build?
If you need ten cars for a class and an existing kit does the job, buy the kit: the design already exists, so you pay only for parts. This number is for a custom-designed car.
Not in the total
- Certification
- It did not go through FCC or CE. Certification is quoted separately when a product needs it.
- Shipping and duties
- Not in the price. The customer usually arranges freight once the units leave the factory.
- Extras
- Tutorials, training or a live demo are priced on top.
Ordering more
The development fee is paid once, so a bigger batch spreads it thinner. The $150 is the price for this batch of 10; a larger batch is priced for its own quantity.
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