New technology: Calculating boxing scores without a referee

Australian scientists have successfully built a special costume for boxing, contributing to automating scoring in competitions, bringing fairness to the boxers and avoiding the bias of respect. talent.

Scientists from the Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have released a ' smart ' outfit for the boxers. He, including shirts, gloves and helmet. Technically, this is an automated grading system for this sport.

The sophisticated sensors installed in the shirt, glove and head protection hat will record punches and bumps on the boxers' bodies during the competition. In addition to serving for scoring, these data are also transmitted by wireless technology to a large screen so viewers can see and know each case.

Named ' Automatic boxing scoring system ', this special system is designed and built by the

This automated scoring system is said to open a revolution in calculating boxing scores.(Photo: army.mod.uk)

AIS and CSIRO researchers. Particularly, the installation of sensors into gloves is done by an Indian company.

Mr. Wu Ching-Kuo, the new president of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) witnessed the testing of this new technology at the King's Cup boxing competition in Bangkok, Thailand. , in last April.

After this successful demonstration, with the support of AIBA, Australian scientists are continuing to develop and perfect this technology at AIS.

The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper , Australia on May 12, said Mr. Wu was invited to participate in boxing competitions, in which the scoring according to this technology will be applied in parallel with the current scoring method. practice of this sport.

Mr. Wu, a Taiwanese, was elected AIS President last year under a reform order issued after the scandalous scandal in boxing at the 2004 Athens Olympics as well as the Olympics. before.

In the point calculation method used so far, the referee manually pressed the computer keys to score the punches of each boxer. This method was introduced by former AIBA President, Anwar Chowdhry, from Pakistan.

In recent years, many people have opposed this method of scoring. They think that such a dot is very easy to bring to the bribe of referees, because the referee can score points for the boxers they 'like' by simply pressing the computer key!

Professor Allan Hahn, director of the AIS Research Application Center, said he was extremely excited to witness the success of the recent trial in Bangkok.

However, he admits that this automated scoring system is still not perfect, because there are a few punches or blocked points that are still counted by this system. Speaking to the press, he said: 'A CSIRO scientist is working with the research team to address this situation. We think that there will soon be a solution to overcome the system's shortcomings'.

Mr. Hahn also noted that this sophisticated electronic system needs to be thoroughly waterproof because boxers will sweat a lot during the competition.

The boxers and sport lovers think that the refereeing system does not need to open a revolution in calculating boxing scores.

Quang Thinh