Disappointing Animation Judging

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Posted by Kyle Huang, Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Gunn High School and Nasa Ames, Sun Microsystems, Xerox.

Posted on 4/27/99 5:44 PM MST


In Reply to: Disappointing Animation Judging posted by Mike Dubreuil on 4/27/99 1:53 PM MST:



YES. I totally agree! Our animation was made very realistic. We had four robots in
competition battling it out. Isn't that what the animation is supposed to be like?

About the winner...
I'm sorry, but a robot suddenly jumping into the air and flying is just ridiculous.
And how was is supposed to do that grind? The sparks were emphasised in the speech
that the Autodesk official made... WHY?

We made our animation kind of like an info-mercial for our team, because that's
what we thought they wanted. We clearly showed the functionality of our robot over
and over again. Isn't that one of the major factors in the judging criteria? The
winning animation didn't show that at all. I thought the salesman animation that
won honerable mention should have won over the winner.

The modeling on the winning animation was very nice, and the motion was great too.
The look of the final render is good too, so was ours. The winning animation
definately did NOT deserve to win. One thing, however, I think they did that
probably pleased the judges: they portrayed the FIRST competition like a big
sporting event.

One last thing. In the credits for the winning animation, there was an animation
company listed. Does that mean that professionals helped with thier animation???
Our animation was 100% student made, and so was our robot.

I'm trying to get our animation posted on the web. I'll announce it as soon as it
is.
_____________________
: I believe that based on the animation scoring sheet
: animations were supposed to be realistic. Because of
: that our team designed an animation which involved a
: school gymnasium and a movie theatre- very realistic
: situations. But when it came to the winners very few,
: if any, were realistic. Has anyone else experienced
: the same anomaly?
: - Mike
: PS: Our animation is on our site if you’re interested.