Human Player: Past, Present and Future

[Lil' Lavery]

While loading may be dangerous, it seems best if the HP has the ability to either
a) interact with the robot in some form
b)still play a major part in the match without being able to score points

The role of the HP still needs to be important in the future, as it helps show the ability of robots and humans to interact. It also allows for less advanced teams to still have the ability to remain mildly competative. Although Im in favor of the HP still remaining a key part of the match, I dont feel the HP should have the ability to score directly. That may be too much of a role of the HP and it will reduce the role of the robot in the match, which in turn reduces the engineering education.
Example: last year when the HP was the ONLY way to score balls, teams would have their HP (and sometimes 1 or 2 back-ups) spend a majority, or even the entirety of meeting practicing shooting. If they're practicing shooting, they arnt learning about the robot and helping build/program it are they? When the role of a HP gets to be too large or too important it will not only reduce the role and the importance of the robot to a very large extent, it will also reduce the learning process.