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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
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Now I'll agree that many times yelling 'ROBOT' is not needed, but I won't sign a petition that prevents me from keeping someone else safe. |
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Seriously, if safety is an issue when you move your robot, your moving it wrong. I have moved a lot heavier stuff at an IKEA without incident. That is a lot harder to do with IKEA crowds and little children everywhere. May I ask, why do you feel moving your robot is unsafe? I feel very safe with my robot, its properly supported by the cart, there are bumpers on every edge of the robot, I fold up my robot to reduce protrusions, we are walking slowly and there is a person in front of the cart kindly saying "Excuse me, I have a robot coming through" seems easy and safe to me. |
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I don't think anyone would say that you can never call out "robot" if there is an emergency (think moving down an isle and a texting student approaching), just that nobody should be walking around screaming it at every possible chance. I hate the sound of yelling. We have been lucky enough to compete where pits are actually decently quiet, and I truly enjoy having a conversation as if I wasn't at a construction site. If someone doesn't heed our tap on the shoulder and polite direction, I'm going to raise my voice. But I won't do that to every person I see as I walk to the field. |
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You may do as you please, but again I believe safety trumps annoyance (It seems that this is a minority belief here ). |
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Do you see where I am coming from? There are many similar situations you described above, airports luggage, production lines, and etc. Many production lines had streamline safety to avoid sirens and etc. |
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Again, I'm not for yelling "ROBOT" all the time, but I refuse to sign a petition that will keep me from alerting an otherwise oblivious person to a clear and present danger. |
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2: Someone backing out of a pit without looking isn't likely to be magically protected from tripping backwards over something by a shout of ROBOT!, especially if he wasn't paying enough attention to his environment to hear a preceding warning, but I agree that it makes sense to call attention to the imminent collision. |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
I don't want to beat a dead horse, but first of all, at WPI this weekend, I was absolutely appalled to see teams rushing through the pits, yelling robot. Maybe my memory over exaggerated this but the speed that people were going, robot in tow, was just astounding.
Also, as for the Safety Award, 157 got runner-up for Safety at WPI and we do not yell robot on our team when escorting. Maybe that was the particular judges at WPI this past weekend, but food for thought. (Also, I spoke to the judges and I know that not yelling robot was not the reason we received runner-up.) |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
That sounds good. If anyone is reading my comment. .... Flub...flub blub flub
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
On the other hand... as pits were emptying from IE, someone pushing a bagged robot rolled up to a group of people, with room to go around them, and yelled "ROBOT" two or three times before they all moved out of the way.
Myself and another ref who both saw this looked at each other and went "You know, if this had happened during the event, that might have been a G15. He had room to go around." |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
Zombie thread ALERT!
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
Shouting robot to get people's attention is fine. Asking them to move in crowded pits is fine. Simply shouting robot and assuming that gives you the right of way is not. I honestly can't count the number of times I've been run down or seen others run down by teams pushing robots who just didn't have the sense to slow down and wait for things to clear in front of them once they've alerted people to their presence. It's rude, dangerous, and disrespectful of everyone else around you.
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
I have to agree, especially when we have the general public coming in to view and see what these events are.
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
Utah had a couple of teams that wouldn't shut up. We had a great time overall, and yes, it's good to let people know there's a robot behind them by saying "excuse me", but after 11 years it is getting really old. A new one this year: students from one team twice nearly punched me in the nose with a small bag of "safety materials" while shouting "In the Spirit of Safety!"
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