2010 IRI Results and Awards

[Siri]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

[cut for space]...Essentially, if there was a catastrophic error in the sensor scoring system, then the human count would be used. If not, then the human count was not used...[cut for space]

Thanks Andy, that makes sense. Thanks to the human counters for playing backup, that must have been a heck of a job!

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Siri

Thanks Andy, that makes sense. Thanks to the human counters for playing backup, that must have been a heck of a job!

Well, if you were scoring for 469, it was rather interesting I didn't think that it was too hard, but it was really easy to become distracted slightly. You kind of have to watch the entire field as well as your particular goal, to make sure that you wouldn't be hit by a stray ball (Michelle was standing two feet away from me when she got a ball to the chest from 1114, and I was also almost hit a few times), and to also know where the balls may be coming from (balls randomly appearing in the goal from across the field are rather shocking). The task itself - keeping a tally on a little sheet of paper - isn't hard, but staying focused and attentive is a bit harder when there are 6 amazing robots moving on the field and doing things that robots should not necessarily be doing (i.e. entanglement, fast blinks, and battery death).