IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas

[pathew100]

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.

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