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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

The only reason my team does this is because we don't want to hit someone with our robot. If you're moving pretty quickly, there is a safety hazard present that you may hit a parent who doesn't know or a small kids who's running around. My point is, you don't know what could happen in the pits and, as you've already pointed out, they are loud and abnoxious. This means no one will automatically hear your robot coming and move out of the way.

So to recap my opinions:
1. It is necessary for safety
2. It's not arrogant, it's looking out for someone else
3. I agree, but do you have a better solution?
4. If keeping the pits safe is rude, yes
5. This point is just a repeat of 3
6. The bystanders are the ones who need it the most because they don't know that robots come through.
7. The "general public" that comes into a robotics competition should expect to see weird things at our events
8. The other teams yell to further the message to anyone in the way
9. With repitition, it becomes second nature to people that cooperate, this is not bad
10. How does it create a safety hazard? It's not like every time we yell "robot" someone's ears explode. If it does anything bad, it simply annoys people like you
11 No, it doesn't. Having done it for 4 years, I don't expect people to move out of the way, it's only announcing that a safety hazard is coming through the aisle.
12. I dont understand your wording here

I would like to work with everyone here to find a better way to announce the robot, even in the case that you're in a hurry. If I offended anyone in this I am sorry, I did not mean to. These are simply my opinions and that of my team.

I'll sign once I'm sure no one will be hurt by our robot coming through the aisle.
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