[robocup-legged] Fwd: Legged Qualification FAQ

[William Uther]

I stand corrected on the number of new teams...  I mis-remembered a  
detail from another email.  My apologies.

Will       :-}

Begin forwarded message from Michael Quinlan:

>> Q: Why are there so few new teams?
>> A: The technical committee has a slightly longer term view of  
>> 'new'.  The first year a team is at the international competition,  
>> they generally learn a lot.  We would like them to get the  
>> opportunity to show that they can use this their second year.   
>> From memory there were three teams in this category this year.   
>> Adding these to the 'new teams' count gives us four 'new teams'.   
>> I think that is a reasonable number.
>
> Actually of the 11 teams that we selected:
>
> 4 are new for 2006 - 	
>  Hellhounds,Impossibles,Northern Bites and TJ-Ark (Tonji)

Hellhounds is a bit of a special case.

> 3 are second year teams -
>  SpelBots, Eagle Knights and TWaves
>
> Michael