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Originally Posted by DeformedFedora
I dunno about that. It's a tradition by this point! Plus there aren't many other things to shout when rolling 120 lbs of robot around.  |
It's a faulty tradition that causes more problems than it tries to solve. Unless the person doing the shouting is standing right in front of your robot, he or she is drawing attention away from the robot itself.
There should be no reason to shout
anything when rolling your robot. I often see teams treating the robot cart as a "mother duck" with members all trailing behind it, so all the calls of "ROBOT!" are coming from a spot after the actual robot has passed it. Instead, teams should have a vanguard walking in
front of the robot cart, quietly and calmly providing a clear path for the robot to follow in. It's so much more effective -- and polite -- to ask individuals directly to make room for you to pass by, rather than adding to the chaos by broadcasting a nonspecific warning.