I agree completely. I'm participating in the Four legged league and on the first day, the lighting was absolutely atrocious. Rules specify that the field must be lit to 1000 lux; in the corners the lighting was more like 250 lux. We got some more lights yesterday, but the fields still aren't lit very evenly.
Even worse, the room we're all coding in is lit by 20 watt bulbs so it's ridiculously dark, except for the glare of computer screens
My school is competing and did very well last year. I wasn't involved but this year I am involved in the Robotics "winterterm", a weeklong break in between two semesters. Maybe if I enjoy it I'll work on the actual competition, but it's a huge time commitment
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I agree completely. I'm participating in the Four legged league and on the first day, the lighting was absolutely atrocious. Rules specify that the field must be lit to 1000 lux; in the corners the lighting was more like 250 lux. We got some more lights yesterday, but the fields still aren't lit very evenly.
Even worse, the room we're all coding in is lit by 20 watt bulbs so it's ridiculously dark, except for the glare of computer screens
My school is competing and did very well last year. I wasn't involved but this year I am involved in the Robotics "winterterm", a weeklong break in between two semesters. Maybe if I enjoy it I'll work on the actual competition, but it's a huge time commitment