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Originally Posted by Invictus3593
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.
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.
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Is your current position on your way to queue for a match so important that you can't take 5 seconds to ask someone to move out of the way or add a couple words to your sentence to appear more polite? Yes, for those of us that have been in robotics for years and been to multiple events we know what to do when someone shouts out robot. For those parents, school students, and VIPs that take time out of their day to come and see what FIRST is all about, they don't know what to do when someone says Robot. "Robot coming through, please let us by!" That's all you have to say so that everyone at a competition will know what you mean and move out of your way, and you'll find that it's a lot quicker too.
As someone who volunteers on the field every single week, I can tell you that my hearing is pretty much shot by week 3. In my own personal experience, which may be different for other people, I can't tell where people shout robot from, especially when other teams start shouting it as well even though they aren't the ones with the robot. Hell, I've heard people shouting it plenty of times when the robot isn't even within 50 feet of me.