Cam And Follower Advantages

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The main argument for first mover advantage is that first movers get first choice of attractive market segments and positioning. It can be also be used to create barriers to entry for followers: switching costs, economies of scale and tying up supplier and distribution channels.

Given the advantages of being a first mover, why is it that most successful companies are not first movers but fast followers? A 1993 paper by Golder and Tellis in the Journal of Marketing Research helped debunk the idea of first mover advantage. Their research demonstrated a 47% failure rate for first movers versus 8% for fast followers.

Going further, adapting 5G microelectronics hardware could enable the DoD to achieve a wider range of waveforms, form factors, and power levels than is possible using existing 5G systems and modified 5G software as described above. The most straightforward method of adapting hardware would be to work with manufacturers to unlock features built into existing or planned equipment, such as radiofrequency systems on a chip (RFSOC), that the manufacturer has not yet made available to the public. However, beyond revealing these latent capabilities, the DoD could assemble almost every type of EMS system in its inventory by repurposing available 5G hardware, combined with either adapted commercial 5G or defense system software.

Because of their generic nature, RFSOCs are multifunctional; they are able both to transmit as a radio, radar, or jammer and to detect signals like a passive sensor or radar receiver. User equipment such as mobile phones and tablets incorporate the same elements in their RF circuits as 5G RAN infrastructure, but with less size and complexity. By exploiting the diversity of 5G microelectronics and in some cases combining them with custom-built military components, DoD system developers could assemble transceivers capable of generating the power, frequencies, and waveforms suitable for sensing, jamming, or deception.

RF circuit components and processing associated with 5G user equipment can be repurposed for small form factor applications like uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs), uncrewed undersea vehicles (UUVs), or weapons. The proliferation and inherently multifunctional nature of commercial RFSOCs and other microelectronics allow them to be smaller and less expensive than military-specific systems capable of communications, sensing, and EW.

In larger unmanned and manned platforms, US defense suppliers could use 5G RAN and core network hardware to augment or replace military-specific sensors and countermeasures. Modified 5G service-based architecture software, commercial 5G infrastructure (such as antennae), baseband units, and processors would fit on multi-mission ships or aircraft. Because they can operate with different frequencies and waveforms than those commonly employed by DoD systems, 5G-based sensors and countermeasures could increase the complexity of US force presentation and create more options for US commanders.

Using commercial parts such as those from 5G will demand that the DoD shift from its top-down system development approach to one that solves pressing operational problems by building new systems from the bottom up using available technology. Adapting commercial microelectronics will require comprehensive assessment of operational needs, employment concepts, and technology opportunities. Commercial 5G hardware and software will lack some features often demanded in military EMS systems, such as radiation hardening, extremely wide frequency bands, or hardware-based cryptography. Commercial systems may also not perform as well for some use cases as custom-built military systems, and incorporating them into military platforms will incur costs. However, US forces can use new compositions and operational concepts to mitigate the limitations of commercial technology.

DoD acquisition professionals already perform assessments like these as part of a capabilities-based assessment (CBA) and analysis of alternatives (AoA), in which the CBA identifies the need for a new material solution and the AoA explores which solution is appropriate for the operational problem. However, CBAs usually do not consider commercial systems or technology that could be repurposed for the military mission, and AoAs assume an operational concept and force composition in which the new system will operate as well as the objective to be pursued by predicting potential future scenarios. By narrowing its options to dedicated military systems and fixing the use case and scenario in isolation from technology opportunities, the DoD acquisition process limits the ability of CBAs and AoAs to explore operational approaches that could allow a commercial technology to accomplish the objective.

To become a retail customer of commercial technologies, CBAs and AoAs will need to assess a range of force compositions and tactics in which the prospective system could be employed to address the operational need. A different combination and orchestration of systems could allow the prospective new capability to achieve better performance using commercial 5G microelectronics. The Navy used a version of this approach in the Requirements Evaluation Team for its Constellation frigate program and is now employing it in defining the characteristics needed in its new DDG(X) destroyer. Emerging analytic tools could enable comprehensive analysis of the tradespace in relative or qualitative terms.

One way to achieve this balance is for DoD program managers to work with commercial manufacturers so that the US military better understands features that are likely to be incorporated into future commercial chipsets and other components. Such cooperation could allow the DoD to shape future microelectronics designs so that they better support defense needs. This model would allow modified 5G software to unlock new capabilities without modifying the underlying microelectronics.

Another approach to adapting 5G microelectronics hardware is to work with microelectronics companies that can assemble and package components into new SOCs or systems-in-package (SIPs). The DoD is pursuing this approach through its State-of-the-Art Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging (SHIP) program, in which new disaggregated, heterogeneously integrated circuit designs use chiplets that could be sourced from the commercial 5G industry and reassembled into new combinations.

More important than specific capabilities harvested from the 5G industry will be the changes this effort could produce in the way the DoD identifies requirements and builds new systems. By reversing the traditional approach of defining requirements in isolation and then pursuing custom-built solutions, the DoD could better leverage commercial technologies and benefit from being a fast follower. As other areas of commercial technology emerge, such as quantum and bioengineering, the US military will need to harvest commercial innovation or risk being left behind.

So I was thinking seeing as we have a another wave of qol apoun us I wanted touch upon followers more specifically webber and wurt I feel like alot less people use followers overall aside from cheese due to the way they are handled using a follower requires you to try to keep track of a invisible timer called loyalty while default mobs like pigs will give you cues that their loyalty is going down and are even named so as to easier keep track of them merms and spiders do not. This means a Wurt or Webber have to set their own timers to guess when to feed their followers again before they bail. Not sure if anyone would be on board with this but for this qol update I was kind of hoping follower merms and spiders would get names and kiel would give Wurt and Webber the ability to see loyalty timers of merm and spider followers being as they are of the same race.

Actually the idea to make this thread was spurred by a mod my friend showed me called sharing targets with followers which let's you command a follower to attack a creature without attacking it/fake attacking it which while it's not particularly needed does wonders for immersion and should be a base feature considering the purpose of followers.

For the rest of ideas I'd say, worth giving a try if that do be useful. There's plenty things that could be changed with followers, if some sort of experimental rework for followers could see the day.

I would like some improvements with behaviours personally, like when pigs and such stop working because of a tiny distance between you and them (should be a bigger one while they work, that's what I talking about), removing the unnecessary run-away from the owner for some of the followers cause it just makes interactions difficult, and plenty other things. One thing that really bugs me is how heavy collisions are with some of the followers, could be cool if Chester had the same physic than critters for example, I've been blocked on important times just because of this guy.

Could make an list of dozens of ideas but that's only the one most of players would like, there's also some nerfs I'd appreciate like same-mob wars being absurdly powerful for cheap but it's liked by lots of player, so just my controversial opinion here.

YESSSS. An official follower timer would be incredibly useful, not just for Wurt and Webber, but everyone. I especially love your idea for calling mobs out, certainly would help not having to bait a teammate/chester/ etc. to befriend spiders during the day.

My only remaining gripe involves spiders/merms not defending you as a member of their species when you are attacked, buuuuut I can see the balancing reason behind that. Still looks funny to see Wurt get attacked by hounds while Merms just lounge about.

A roller-type cam follower is a mechanical component used in engines to convert rotary motion into linear motion. It is composed of a cylindrical roller that follows the contour of a camshaft, allowing for smooth movement and reduced friction. As the camshaft rotates, the roller moves along its surface, transferring motion to other engine components.

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