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Originally Posted by jee7s
Just to be clear about this, it's not like we go around shouting "Human" every time someone shouts "Robot". It's not even shouted. When we do it, it's a comment directed at the team that's yelling "Robot", not a general comment to everyone within earshot. Yeah, it's a little sarcastic, maybe. But, 9 times out of 10, or maybe even 95 out of 100, we get a chuckle from the team because they know what they are doing is what we have discussed: Safety Theater.
Often, that becomes an icebreaker between our two teams, we get to know each other, and we start reminding other teams to not shout "Robot" all over the place. So, no, we aren't jerks about it. We use the "Human!" content to provoke thought and conversation, and it's been quite successful on those two fronts without the drawbacks you assumed above.
And, BTW, there's PLENTY of ambiguity in "Robot!". It's not clear what people should do when they hear that, particularly to those not familiar with FIRST. Even if it's coupled with a clear indication to get out of the way, that doesn't help much either as people don't usually know where they need to move to get out of the way. This is particularly true if their backs are turned to you, which is when this "Robot" shouting technique is usually employed.
But hey, everything I just said has already been said in other threads. No need to beat this to death.
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We generally stick to saying, "Excuse us, robot coming through!" and most people realize that means a robot is coming through the aisle that they should NOT even be standing in. On the one hand, just yelling "ROBOT" is rude and ineffective; on the other hand, trying to "navigate" through a sea of people who are crowding the aisles is just dangerous (especially with little children around).
In a perfect world, the aisles would be closed when robots were moving through (they are pretty big machines after all--think of the Home Depot aisle curtains). But that is not at all conducive to the FIRST atmosphere which includes visitors strolling through the pits.
I propose that teams keep their members in their pit area (or at least no further than a foot outside) and robot transporters use phrases or sentences to politely excuse themselves through the pits with one or two people leading the way.