Category: judging

Watanabe: computers may eventually replace judges

I feel progress has been slow.

I can’t foresee it happening any time soon.

Watanabe, who retained his position as FIG President at last month’s Congress, stresses that the technology is currently assisting judges but did not rule out the idea of it eventually becoming sole arbiter.

“At this stage, it is a judging support system,” Watanabe told insidethegames.

“It may be a substitute for humans in the future. …

Exclusive: FIG President Watanabe says computers may eventually replace judges

Maloney to Jaeger

Lexy Ramler proves it’s possible.

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FIG MTC newsletter 39

Online free.

It includes newly adopted skills including the KUAVITA.

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FIG elections

WAG Technical Committee:

  • Kim Dowdell AUS
  • Johanna Gratt AUT
  • Elena Davydova CAN
  • Liubov Andrianova RUS
  • Helena Lario ARG
  • Nehad Zayed EGY
  • Donatella Sacchi ITA – President

MAG Technical Committee:

  • Jeff Thomson CAN
  • Julio Marcos SPN
  • Andrew Tombs GBR
  • Han Yoon Soo KOR
  • Dmitrii Andreev RUS
  • Butch Zunich USA
  • Arturs Mickevics LAT – President

evolution of Men’s Vault

Everyone agrees that what’s happened in the past few Codes is dangerous and stupid. FIG provides every incentive for men to chuck the hardest stunts they might possible land — and somehow land on their feet.

Also, the landing mats are insufficient for this level of skill. We need something much more like the FIG Doublemini landing mats.

YES a few of the most talented can land consistently and relatively safely, but not many.

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Maria Minaeva – Bars

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Fujitsu “Judging Support System”

Fujitsu will be working Worlds 2021, of course. Analyzing more routines for their database.

A webinar has been posted online:

FIG and Fujitsu to discuss AI “Judging Support System”

Watanabe speaks in English in the video. He’s really improved over the past few years.

He points out that other sports are using video analysis. Tennis and baseball, for example.

But judging support is only one goal of the project.

Steve Butcher details other uses.

Fujitsu expects all 10 Artistic apparatus to be ready for 2024. (Progress seems slow, to me.)

By end of 2022 the “Training Support System” should be ready. I’d love to have a chance to test that in the gym.

The very first use of computer video analysis should have been to display height and distance of a skill relative to the height of the athlete. Vault post flight, for example.

Fujitsu is doing a good job analyzing Ring strength holds, however. The system can do better than most FIG judges.

Personally, I’m disappointed in the graphics rendered by the software. It’s embarrassing that every representation has feet apart, for example.

I WISH Fujitsu could output something 1/10th as good as FB CURVES 3D GYM.

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