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Old 23rd Jul 2022, 21:39
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Originally Posted by WideScreen
Where most people think the "designing" or "manufacturing" is the cost item, essentially the "certification" is the expensive part.

So, yeah, designing: No problem. Additional equipment: It hurts, though manageable. Get the spider in the web, with all its sensory extensions and actions certified: Pfffffffff, this gets complicated with a huge amount of reciprocal influences, which all need to be verified, blabla. So, expensive.
Thanks for trying to explain, but my ignorance of the process makes it hard to understand why it’s difficult to certify. It’s not as if they’re reinventing the wheel.
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