[EricH]

I'll be at Inland Empire myself; I'll have to catch ya in person at some point.


Basic award application: If it isn't specifically called out in the Administrative Manual, the judges (blue polo shirts) will stop by your pit and talk to you. My advice is that at least one person be in the pit at ALL times to talk to the judges; this person should be knowledgeable about the robot and at least some of the other items you've done.

Green polo shirts are safety advisers, who award the Safety Award.


A couple of other notable groups to interact with:
The folks in "Crew" shirts carrying clipboards taking a really close look at your robot are inspectors--they're just checking to make sure you're safe and legal to compete. (If they're saying something about "HURRY UP", they're not inspectors, they're queuing, and you need to be either in line or on the field as soon as possible.)

And when you're at the field, the folks in the stripes are the refs, enforcing game rules.