I second the thanks from Team HumanoidPrototypeDimensionForce.

Does anyone know if the next-generation robots (Spike Prime) will have a
backlit display? As someone with fortysomething year old eyes, that was a
problem over the course of the season, even in good light.

Jon Grantham

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 9:57 AM Srini Sam <
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> Hello Friendship Collegiate DC team of volunteers and organizing team of
> Judges and Referees,
>
> A BIG Thank you for the tremendous team of dedicated volunteers, Judges,
> Chief Refs at Friendship Collegiate Academy DC Nov 23 team.  I had
> volunteered as a Judge on Nov 9th tournament in USPTO, Alexandria. VA.so i
> know the value of volunteering.
>
> One suggestion. The gym where the Competition round of Robot Runs were
> conducted was not adequately lit / kind of dark. The cloudy day this
> saturday didn't help either. Due to this , during our last run  / round -3
> [red/blue tables] , our technician was not able to see the program name in
> the EV3 brick on some occasions and hence couldn't run the program on
> time.  we didn't score points and hence lost on few other things......its
> very sad to see the disappointment on our team's faces and 5 months of
> hard-work.
>
> As a Robotics teacher , i understand that artificial lighting will affect
> the COLOR sensor readings and can dramatically affect the EV3 programs for
> simple beginner rookie teams using color sensor.
>
> I am not sure what could be done better to avoid this situation.
>
> Kindly note this.
>
> Congrats to every team that participated.
>
> Thanks,
> Srini.
>
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