15th - 17th April 2011 - San Mateo, CA - RoboGames

[psychostorm]

Re: 15th - 17th April 2011 - San Mateo, CA - RoboGames

RoboGames Mandatory 220 lb Re-Painting

Due to changes in the deal with Discovery Channel, the arena floor, bumpers, and wall supports (but not the lexan) will all be painted green for CGI visual effects to be added later in post-production.

Because of this, all 220 pound robots must be painted a distinct color. Metal armour is too likely to reflect the green from the surrounding arena, and thus be caught in the chroma-key / green-screen effect (you wouldn't want your robot to disappear on TV, would you?)

Therefor, all robot shells and tires must be painted. Paint will be provided at the venue, and painting done on Thursday night before the fights on Friday.

All 220's MUST have this paint job done.

Color choices:

Yellow
Hot Pink
Safety Orange
Light Violet

(Sadly, black and red are not available, per the production company.)

Paints are all acrylic, so should be reasonably easy to remove after the event with a paint stripper with only a few hours of work.

Humm.... all sounds very odd.

A TNN esque decision whenever I saw one. A very real event in a CGI arena?

Why's Red eliminated? Is their chroma tech not that good? Black is bugger for shadows but bright Red is a distinct chroma from green.

[botmad]

Re: 15th - 17th April 2011 - San Mateo, CA - RoboGames

As our Team Colour Is ORANGE .....

WE EXPECT AN ORANGE ROBOT TO WIN !!!!!

Pity we cant make it this year as our robots are already painted ....

[joey_picus]

Re: 15th - 17th April 2011 - San Mateo, CA - RoboGames

...are you sure you shouldn't check the date?

[teamstorm]

Re: 15th - 17th April 2011 - San Mateo, CA - RoboGames

It's a fantastic event, Team Storm took Storm II over a few years ago, and as it happens the write up is going on the website soon (yes, a little late). It's far from cheap to go over with a heavy, but for a once-in-a-lifetime experience I would highly reccomend it, even with a feather !

Be sure to check out 'Team Storm's Big American Adventure' on the Team Storm website in the coming weeks !

3 team members, 300Kg of Robot, spares, batteries tools (and clothes), a 747 and a mad-cap 2 weeks in the USA (it's a good read I promise !)

[Marien]

Re: 15th - 17th April 2011 - San Mateo, CA - RoboGames

1 april

[blazerbotics]

Re: 15th - 17th April 2011 - San Mateo, CA - RoboGames

Looked like a good one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u17Jg0T6A5w

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: 15th - 17th April 2011 - San Mateo, CA - RoboGames

You've got to hand it to the American robot crowds, they sure know how to create a great atmosphere during a battle