@FIFAcom's "Robot Referees Explained
Robot referees will be used during the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup tournament in UAE 🇦🇪 this month
Contrary to most reports, they are not actual robots on the pitch. This is a breakdown of how the system works⬇️
#FIFAClubWC
📸 @FIFAcom
Robot referees will be used during the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup tournament in UAE 🇦🇪 this month
Contrary to most reports, they are not actual robots on the pitch. This is a breakdown of how the system works⬇️
#FIFAClubWC
📸 @FIFAcom
How it works
10 cameras are placed alongside the stadium’s roof. Cameras and other sensors on the pitch track 29 data points per player 50 times per second. It provides an accurate position of players’ limbs in reference to the offside line in real-time
📸: ChyronHego
10 cameras are placed alongside the stadium’s roof. Cameras and other sensors on the pitch track 29 data points per player 50 times per second. It provides an accurate position of players’ limbs in reference to the offside line in real-time
📸: ChyronHego
The cameras and sensors are combined with AI technology that watches and analyses the game in real time and is ultra fast.
Video assistant referees receive a near-instant alert to whether the technology determines a player is onside or not and immediately relayed to the referee
Video assistant referees receive a near-instant alert to whether the technology determines a player is onside or not and immediately relayed to the referee
This is important because the average VAR decision takes roughly 70 seconds to process while this system takes half a second to reach a decision and the referee is notified within seconds.
This will keep the game moving and eliminate human error.
This will keep the game moving and eliminate human error.
But whats the difference with VAR?
With VAR, when there’s a possibility of offside, a Hawk-Eye operative selects 3 frames best representing the point at which the attacking player made first contact with the ball.
They then manually mark the points on a body to check
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With VAR, when there’s a possibility of offside, a Hawk-Eye operative selects 3 frames best representing the point at which the attacking player made first contact with the ball.
They then manually mark the points on a body to check
📸Getty
With an AI tool, this is done instantly and monitored in real time so the manual steps are removed and the AI can also determine the point at which the passer releases the ball in relation to the offside line quicker.
In theory this should take away the pain of dubious offsides
In theory this should take away the pain of dubious offsides
The new system is also developed by Hawk-Eye, the company responsible for goalline technology and is not estimated to cost more than the current tech in place.
For a breakdown of the cost of VAR, see my tweet on it ⬇️
For a breakdown of the cost of VAR, see my tweet on it ⬇️
https://twitter.com/CashNSport/status/1426947277650812929?t=n2qGqnVfP3fHJV3X00Y1tQ&s=19
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