Sleep well, gentlemen. |
It’s exhausting, even from the stand-point of a
witness bystander. The details are bewildering, from computer coding to
re-wiring parts of the robot, to checking levels of the robots with strings and
a small weight when no laser-guided tools are available, and walking barefoot
on the soccer fields to find any and every inch of uneven flooring that might
throw a robot’s balance off. The details are immense. The painting style
Pointillism comes to mind watching the teams cover every imaginable and
unimaginable detail, each do requiring the
same absolute attention required to make a work of art, such as “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” by Georges
Seurat.
RoboCup 2012 is taking place in Mexico City, certainly one of
the most fascinating and historic cities in either North or South America, but
most of the teams here have spent every waking hour since their arrival in
Mexico inside the World Trade Center convention center, prepping for a competition
– friendly as it is – that will lead to one winner who has bragging rights for
the best robotics – surely the new leader in future technology – for the next
year.
No doubt the rest this team is taking, in a bright, noisy, crowded, music-filled hall, is well-deserved, and well-needed. Excelsior, gentlemen.
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