2006 Regional Webcasts

[Andy A.]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

I'm curious as to how they're keeping score in real time? Are people just watching how many balls are being shot in?

Ryan-

Most of the field is automated this year. Balls are counted by a camera system as they exit the ball chute on the high goals, or as they cross into the side goals. The system is as yet untested in a competition, but I suppose we will find out how that goes after this weekend.

Other aspects, such as a penalty and ramp points are scored by humans during and after the match ends for the final score.

-Andy A.

[Collin Fultz]

All I'm getting is the white FIRST screen...i'm watching in realplayer...any suggestions?

[akshar]

Originally Posted by Collin Fultz

All I'm getting is the white FIRST screen...i'm watching in realplayer...any suggestions?

yea, i am watching it too, i think it might be a technical problem since i hear the audio, but dont quote me, lol...VCU is interesting, the highest score i have seen is 40, to bad we can not make out the robot numbers, it would be really good for scouting, however i must go to class, a disadvantage of college life, tomorrow i will be in BAE....happy watching and goodluck at your regionals!

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

Ryan-

Most of the field is automated this year. Balls are counted by a camera system as they exit the ball chute on the high goals, or as they cross into the side goals. The system is as yet untested in a competition, but I suppose we will find out how that goes after this weekend.

Other aspects, such as a penalty and ramp points are scored by humans during and after the match ends for the final score.

-Andy A.

Andy,

As of last week, they were looking for volunteers to do real-time, cause they were still experiencing some difficulties. Unless they have solved these problems in the past 7 days, I believe they will have volunteers monitoring this system.

--Bil

[Andy A.]

Originally Posted by Bill Moore

Andy,

As of last week, they were looking for volunteers to do real-time, cause they were still experiencing some difficulties. Unless they have solved these problems in the past 7 days, I believe they will have volunteers monitoring this system.

--Bil

Does this worry anyone else?

This game is so dependent on real time scoring. It can't be played with out it. Given how real time scoring has gone in the past, I'm a little worried.

I am hoping very hard that things work out in the fields favor.

-Andy A.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

Does this worry anyone else?

This game is so dependent on real time scoring. It can't be played with out it. Given how real time scoring has gone in the past, I'm a little worried.

I am hoping very hard that things work out in the fields favor.

-Andy A.

Definitely in agreement. I have no clue how a human scorekeeper would keep track of the corner dumpers. Too much chaos there. Crossing my fingers...

[slickguy2007]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

Does this worry anyone else?

This game is so dependent on real time scoring. It can't be played with out it. Given how real time scoring has gone in the past, I'm a little worried.

I am hoping very hard that things work out in the fields favor.

-Andy A.

Have faith in FIRST, it'll all work out.

GO 1403!!!

[Ken Leung]

I cannot believe how impossible it was to find this thread. Took me more than 45 minutes to find it. Just proves how crowded this forum is.

Thanks to Philmont629 for bringing it up in another thread.

This thread is now sticky in the regional competitions sub forum.

[Dorienne]

On the webcast/tv cast schedule it says this:

Tentative Regionals to be broadcast
Vegas (NASA TV)
Milwaukee (NASA TV)
Lone Star
Chesapeake
Atlanta

What exactly does this mean? Will Chesapeake be web/tv casted or no??

[Ricky Q.]

Originally Posted by Dorienne 007

On the webcast/tv cast schedule it says this:



What exactly does this mean? Will Chesapeake be web/tv casted or no??

I believe it means Chesapeake is tenative for webcast.

[emusteve]

EMU's Electronic Media program is planning on webcasting the Great Lakes Regional Friday and Saturday. I'll post link info when the streams (one for Dial-up, and one for Broadband) are up. We are also trying to get a link posted on EMU's home page www.emich.edu

Steve

[Ryan Dognaux]

Does anyone know if the Arizona Regional webcast is going tomorrow, friday and Saturday or just Saturday only?

[Ryan Dognaux]

Sorry for the double post.

Any webcasts going on today at all? Anyone out there?

[Ricky Q.]

Florida is being webcasted

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/

And Arizona maybe today or tommorow?

See: http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/webc...onals_2006.php

[emusteve]

Well, the Great Lakes streams are up. Splash page at the moment, we go live in the morning. Check out the EMU home page (www.emch.edu) under EMU News for an item that links to the page with the streams.

For those who just like to do things the old way, you can link to the streams manually by opening Quicktime Player. Go to FILE, and click on "Open URL in New Player". then enter either rtsp://164.76.124.68/FIRSTdsl.sdp for a broadband connection, or rtsp://164.76.124.68/FIRAST GLR du.sdp for a dial-up connection. (Typo in that last one, but I didn't catch it until I had already given people the link. It works so I left it.)

Steve