The Rest Of The Best

[Leeebowitz]

It seems like a strictly mathematical system will always have its flaws, i.e. teams seeding high based on lucky schedules. So, why not take the system previously mentioned where teams that qualify more than once give one of their tickets to the championship to another team, and have the judges determine who gets that ticket? They already get a close-up view and detailed description of each robot as well as being able to see them in action from the best seats in the house, so it wouldn't take that much extra effort to get them to determine who moves on. I am relatively unfamiliar with the judging process, but from what I have seen, they seem to be the closest to an unbiased yet human way of determining who moves on.