[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by JMT

What I want to know is why FIRST allows teams to only have two people carry the robot on to the competition field. I saw yesterday that every time the GDC picked up a robot they had three people lift the robot. From the safety regulations I have seen, FIRST should require three people to carry the robot on and off the field.

Imagine that three robots are in the midfield at the end of the match. If three people from each team go pick the robot, thats 9 team members. Two Field reset crew members would also be in the midfield collecting the balls. And at least four Refs would be in the midfield helping/watching the team members remove the robots from the towers. Not to mention that the new teams will be entering the field and placing their robots into position.

That's a load of people in a relatively small space surrounded by field edges and tall bumps. Hazard waiting to happen. 2 per team is plenty.