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Originally Posted by Marc P.
There were times when I had to wait a few seconds before putting a new tetra on the loader, because the robots didn't back away. It's important to keep in mind field attendants can't reload the tetras until the robot has backed and cleared away from the loading zone. This is for the safety of the attendant, and to prevent the attendants from helping the robots by effectively dropping the tetra into the robot's arms. All in all though, it was a great experience, and I'll be doing it again at the NYC regional next week.
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I also did this at the UTC regional and found a similar experience. One time during a qualification match a team picked up a tetra and backed up, but their zip tie fingers used to make sure they were touching the loading zone were still touching the loading zone. After a couple of seconds I glanced over at the driver station and the drivers of that robot made some gestures kind of wondering why I was not loading the tetra. I did appraoch the drivers and coach after the match to explain that (since they couldn't see the zip tie fingers from their angle) so they wouldn't have a bitter memory of that match and so they knew for the future. The drivers and coach graciously listened without complaining.