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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
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.
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At the same time there is far too often way too many people idling in the pits blocking the path of teams going to and fro the pits. There is no reason to have an entire team in the pit area doing nothing particularly useful and just hanging around.