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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
Wow, I'm really surprised to see so many people against this practice!
My team only ever goes to one regional, so I guess it's different at others, but I've never heard the call of "ROBOT!" as a "Get out of my way or I'm going to run you over!" sort of thing (Which is certainly rude and arrogant), I've always heard is as a warning, like "FORE" in golf. We always have people out in front of the cart to clear a path, and don't go ramming the cart through if there are people in the way, but we still yell "ROBOT!" as a warning to people nearby to watch themselves. We also often yell "Watch out! Robot coming through!" Robots often may have protruding arms or elements that (while inside the frame perimeter of course) may still hit people who thought they were out of the way. If you direct your warnings only to the people in front of you, who are in your way, people on the sides of you may not be looking out for you. So alerting people in the area, not just the people directly in front of you is necessary in my opinion. |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
Signed.
I find teams who calmly walk through the pits with someone in front of the cart politely asking people to move and saying 'excuse me' far more professional that someone yelling 'robot' constantly. In some cases the students seem to think that volume is key, and actually hurt your ears as they walk by yelling it. |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
Perhaps to go along with the Mustang/Cowboy theme our team has going, I'll add a steel cowcatcher to the front of our cart so we don't have to yell "robot" anymore...
On a serious note, comparing yelling "robot" to "fore" is an analogy that I don't think holds. On a golf course, people could be yards and yards away and are already somewhat expecting a golf ball to the head. At a competition, with public pits and what not, people aren't coming for the thrill of getting run over by a sprinting teenager wildly piloting a cart. |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
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But at the same time, the drivers and robot need to get places, and need people out of their way And we don't want anyone to get hurt when, say, they take a step backwards into the aisle (as teenagers will sometimes do), and get smacked by a robot appendage. |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
While serving as an ambassador this weekend at CTR, I was giving a tour and teams were yelling Robot, and kept yelling it louder and louder while I attempted to move the group of guests I was taking on a tour over. Needless to guests had commented to me they were not happy.
I've always been against yelling ROBOT, but after this weekend, I strongly feel this needs to stop, now, period. |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
Lets stick it in the rule book, next to the part where you can't save seats at the venues. I'm sure everyone will follow the rule then.
I really think that a Limit for the number of students from a team is needed for the pits, but enforcing it would be a nightmare. You need to allow for students to wander the pits and see all of the teams, as well as for parents of students. I just don't know how to go about it - and most likely neither does FIRST, which is why you don't see a limit or any kind of answer to this problem. And I ask again, where is the letter to FIRST that we are signing? |
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I think it's the Change petition? Does that work? Doesn't seem to have as many signers as the thread, though. |
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I haven't heard it nearly as much as I used to. In 2011 Championship, there were of course robots EVERYWHERE. So every other person was screaming "ROBOT!!!!". Yeah, ok.... *raising hand*
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
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Petition to FIRST to stop encouraging teams to shout "Robot!" |
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Or maybe even ask Frank to read up on this thread would be just as good since we have all "signed" our support already. |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
While a rule may not be as effective as we would wish, my main point is that Safety Advisers should not be rewarding/encouraging this behavior.
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
I find the shouting of robot very annoying and obnoxious. My coach tells our team never to shout robot. Instead, you should say, "Excuse me, robot coming through." or "Could you please move, robot coming through." Even when we were late to a match, we still continued to hold to this term.
Last edited by bfish888 : 31-03-2013 at 23:09. |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
I propose that if a letter is actually drafted for FIRST HQ, it be centered not just around safety advisers mandating "ROBOT!", but around better safety advice in general, including but not limited to:
Thoughts? Quote:
*wait, no, seven? seriously, seven? I don't want to be old ![]() |
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT
The pits are historically a very chaotic place, and for good reason. The shouting of "Robot!" is, as already pointed out, a degenerative practice that does little to increase order in the pits.
The way I see it, there are several factors at play that can be manipulated:
I'm going to try to speak with the safety advisors at our next event on Thursday morning and convince them to help with the endeavor of keeping the pits as quiet and professional as possible. I think this is a good short-term solution, if at least someone at each regional has a courteous discussion with the nice green-shirted folk ![]() |
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