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Originally Posted by P.J.
While I do think this would be interesting, speaking as a referee I'm a little wary of something like this. It inherently invites controversy. "Our bridge was balanced, the ref counted wrong." and stuff like that. Just a concern of mine with this idea.
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There are sensors built into the bridge that provide feedback that it is balanced. (pretty neat!) It shows up on the scorekeepers display and the head ref panel (I believe)
A possible process to implement something like this:
- Referee uses visual inspection of the robots/bridge coming to rest.
- Once that happens they raise one arm to signal the "start" of the balance period.
- In their other hand they are holding a countdown timer that that activate when they put their arm up.
- If the balance is successful, at the end of the timer countdown, they then drop their arm down vertically and point to the bridge/robots to signal a "good' balance
- If the balance is unsuccessful for some reason, they drop their arm down and sweep it "side to side" to indicate a "bad" balance