Other than that things were quite similar to the previous years. We had to wait for a long time at the airport for our visa and our arrival at the hotel was delayed quite a bit.After a relatively short night we started our day with a tasty breakfast. The bus to the convention center, which was supposed to pick us up at 8:30, arrived at 10:00, but the couches in the hotel eased our waiting time and were appreciated by a team lacking quite some sleep.
When we finally arrived at the center construction of the convention was still in full swing. Since a lot of things were still moved in and out of the hall the doors stayed open and with approximately 5° outside Nils even put on some gloves.
The continuing rain really made us feel like we were right at home.
After some small repairs to Minibot it is now fully functional, at least from the perspective of the hardware. We now work intensely on the software side of things. Also the Gamecontroller, the software used by the referees, was tested today.
The Wolves were even able to test their robot on the playing field. Since the lines were colored with thick white paint, they were quite hard and it will be difficult for our robots not to trip over them. On the bright side of things the lighting conditions are really good.
Seven teams participate in our league. We will play in a group phase with the FUmanoids, Bold Hearts and ZJU Dancers in our group and Robit, MRL and the Unbounded Designers in the other. Wednesday morning at 9 games will begin.
We hope to continue working tonight (Monday) at the hotel, hopefully with a better internet connection than at the venue and look forward to the opening ceremony tomorrow.
