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Originally Posted by JosephC
Then you have someone walk in front of your robot cart and politely ask people to move out of the way so you can get to your match. Trust me, tapping on my shoulder and asking me to move makes me want to move a lot more than someone screaming robot at me.
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we don't run up to peoples ears and scream "ROBOT". Why is it a problem to show some gracious professionalism and move two steps out of the way no matter how people ask? We're not intentionally being rude by yelling at people to "MOVE OUT OF THE WAY", we're announcing a hazard as we come through and I don't understand how anyone would take it differently. Is your current position in the middle of the aisle so important that we need to have a 4-man team running in front of our robot in a crowded aisle and asking each person individually to move? In the interest of efficiency, announcing that our robot is coming through is much more realistic of a solution.
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Besides, due to the echo-y nature of a lot of events, how am I supposed to know if the person yelling robot is behind me, or 20 feet away on the other side of the gym?
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it's pretty much one of the basic functions of the human ear, positioning. Anyone can distinguish an announcements distance, even in an "echo-y" environment. Take it from a sound engineer.