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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

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Originally Posted by alyssa2485 View Post
It's really difficult to have to walk around to the front of your cart to tell someone, "Excuse me, I need to get through here with my robot."
The solution to this "difficult" problem is obvious:

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Originally Posted by dodar View Post
Just always have someone out front like 2-3ft from the cart...
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Originally Posted by Kpchem View Post
...could you instead have someone else on your team walking in front of the cart...?
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Originally Posted by Libby K View Post
You have four people on the drive team..., and you can use at least one of them to help clear the pathway.
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Originally Posted by BrendanB View Post
Be polite and send one person in front of the cart...
Too many drive teams seem to treat the robot as a mother duck and trail along behind it. Instead, think of it as a valuable artifact and give it an honor guard.

If there is a problem with people blindly stepping out into the path of a robot after the vanguard has passed, I offer a possible mitigation strategy. Have the vanguard carry a banner or a flag or other device, with brightly colored streamers trailing it and connected to the front corners of the cart. That will help keep the way clear and call people's attention to exactly the right place.
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