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Re: A mentor perspective on what happened in FIRST Israel
Several allegations have been made that the field in Israel was not to FIRST standards. That was not the case.
From "The Arena" Section 6.1
"The competition ARENAS are modular constructions that are assembled, used, disassembled, and shipped many times during the competition season. They may undergo a significant amount of wear and tear. The ARENA is designed to withstand rigorous play and frequent shipping, and every effort is made to ensure that the ARENAS are as identical from event to event as possible. However, as the ARENAS are assembled in different venues by different event staff, some small variations do occur. Fit and tolerance on large assemblies (e.g. the TOWER) are ensured only to within ¼ inch. Overall gross dimensions of the entire field may vary up to 4 inches. Successful teams will design ROBOTS that are insensitive to these variations."
The field in Israel was built with metric components to the specified tolerances. Our Head Referee, Stuart Bloom, measured the contested field elements and declared that they met 6.1 requirements.
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Jon Mittelman
Senior Judge Advisor New England & Israel 2014-2015
Infinite Loop Mentor 2011-2015
TechnoTicks Mentor 2000-2011
Championship Chairman's Award 2009 Team236 TechnoTicks
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Senior Judge Advisor New England District Championship 2014-2015
Judge Advisor Tel Aviv Regional 2007-2015
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Last edited by Jon236 : 24-03-2010 at 20:21.
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