Varazdin Day 1
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What time did we want to leave again? - Half past eight! Of course we didn't make it! It was 20 before. And, of course, it didn't just take us 20 minutes, but half an hour. Even though the volunteers Charlotte and Ben were supposed to be on site at 9:00. Of course that was no problem at all, but still!
First and only run today at 13:15. Time enough to check out the competition. And, they don't sleep. There were some serious "opponents". If I recorded it correctly, there were at least two robots that also found their way home.
Five minutes before 12 (i.e. 13:10) Moritz comes on excitedly: "The robot recognizes a wall on the practice track at the checkpoint." There's nothing you can do about it now anyway, but it did increase the tension by a few turns.
The run was then... See for yourself.
After the run, BioBrause showed me the track recorded by the robot on her laptop. Of course I wanted to show you and took a photo with my phone. Oh dear, stress: a referee saw it on the screen and immediately asked me if he could see it. I gave him my camera. He went to the track and saw (which wasn't true, but more on that later) that the picture reflected the course. Holland in distress! He runs to the head referee. Gesticulate, gesticulate. Both come back. Of course they thought that BioBrause had premapped. BioBrause's suggestion: Now, right here and now, rebuild the course at random, repeat the run and then spit out the map. Ok, we'll see tomorrow at the interview.
I thanked the head referee for not simply dismissing the problem, but for immediately investigating the possibly illegal behavior. Biobrause need have no fear of the interview! They know their way around their know their program inside out.
So (short o): Four 4x4 panels lined up together make how many panels on the long side? Exactly! So no premapping!