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Robots can be very strong without having to look like they're straining, so the effort displayed seemed in theme. Especially with those hydraulics and clamps.

I would guess there's a one minute time constraint to the finished piece based on the video.

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Double agree on the robot strength. I watched someone use a rolling device recently and it was a struggle. The video makes sense for a robot.

That said, definitely a few items that can be improved. That said, in a real production there wouldn't be one person responsible for so much work to begin with.

This is phenomenal stuff.

wonder how the organizers verify that a submission is actually only one person's work

Logically, look at the scenes, the colours, textures and the theme... They all match.

Also, it's not a cash prize. The prize is a tour of an animation studio. Tell me what incentive would there be to falsify this kind of submission?

Just to answer that question: Job opportunities? Although I am not saying I think this one is false.

Oh definitely, but still, they will find out very quickly if that submission was worked on by several people day one when you ask them to do x task and they can't do it. It's a silly suggestion and borderline conspiracy theory for something that is not that important.

it is not a suspicion of false entrants. generally wonder how some of these small competitions are run (tho "Young Animator of the Year UK" would suggest it is reasonable size by now).

how would you avoid an entrant submitting pre-created or even some (obscure) work by someone else?

what are good prizes that incentivizes good submissions? how would you run such small competitions?

Because I think these small competitions could be super interesting for fostering skills among younger folks.

on the other side, what is in it for the organizers? is it best run as a charity?

Right. The only thing to me that seemed even a bit off was the sauce. Too much surface tension for that little viscosity. Truly amazing piece of work for a teenager.

street vendors are typically one or two person businesses, so this would totally be the job of one person.

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