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Does anybody have a good scouting sheet that they use in compition that they are willing to share with me?

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If you search the white papers for "scouting" you will find lots of team scouting sheets and info from previous years. I understand your excitement to begin scouting but don't you think it is a bit early? Since we don't even know what the game is, it is pretty hard to see who is good at playing it. ;)

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I agree. The other thing is that there is also the "make your own" option: Set up an Excel sheet (after kickoff) with all the tasks. Weight it according to what your team needs.

I've got a couple around. I'll see about getting them to you.

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http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1799

I used this one last year
and it is the season life saver imo for our team.

I modified it a little bit for our team but it was a good basis.

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Wow that is a nice scouting sheet.

We had a excel sheet, that said the same things as this one that one^. but we don't have a laptop, so we placed the excel sheets in folders labled with the team name and number.
I also like the idea of the picture. We had to draw our on our sheets.(bad idea)

Thank you for sharing that. I will be talking with the scouting manager.

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Here is S.P.A.M.'s Poor Man's Scouting System page. There is a link to the scouting sheet that was used last year.

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I know it's early to do scouting but i need to see if our scout sheets are good compared to others for the compition!

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In regards to this scouting sheet. I would like to thank everyone who gave me complements on it and I hope it worked well for the other teams. Currently I plan on making a new one just like it for the upcoming season once the game is learned.

I also have another system that is being worked on for scouting on any java platform where you will be able to add data and see results in real time. current java platforms that it will work on:cell phones, pda's, laptops and pretty much anything that can have java installed. Right now the plan is to host a web server which data will be uploaded to and viewed on, the idea being that people can use their cell phones to scout and drive teams can check out their opponents using their phones. This is being worked on but just like any other project there isn't enough time in the day to do everything that you want. Be sure that if it is finished I will be posting it to CD.

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The scouting shett can be made for scouting before compitition because all you need to know about the other teams is the strengths, weaknesses and any other details and then add the scouting parts for the compitition

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The scout sheet is good Thanks

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Does anybody else have any good scouting sheets that I could look at?

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I'd strongly recommend making your own. Every team has different priorities and values different things about robot strengths and weaknesses. Just going over the discussion with your scouts over what's really important is a good excercise. You'll usually find at competition that you'll really only be using 4-5 actual metrics when you ended up recording 2 dozen or so. When you are making it, keep in mind that you've got to be able to answer questions about a team within seconds, so knowing what your team will be looking for is important.

Good luck!

-Chris

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Thanks but I was wondering if there is like a scout sheet that i can look at to make my own one!!

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I'll do a little schpeel on how 330 tends to scout:
Before competition: design scouting sheets for both pit and match, look at previous regionals for teams we'll face, and make sheets for computer that have all the numbers.
Thursday: pit scout. Go around to all teams and talk to them, finding out the basics. We also take pictures, including the team number. (Note: If you refuse someone on 330 a picture, you miss out on having your robot recognized. Instead, warn them that they may need to return later.)

Friday: Match scout. 6 team members sit in the stands with scouting sheets, evalutating all the robots multiple times. During breaks, the data is fed into a computer. Friday night, all the team gathers somewhere to evaluate the data. We have pit and match sheets and make a preliminary decision on who to pick if we are in the top 8. Throw in some strategy for the next day's matches and then pack it in.

Saturday morning: Scout all matches. Feed the pick list to the captain about 3 minutes before picking.
Saturday afternoon: use the data to plan how to win. Repeat as necessary.

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Thank you

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Does anybody have a scouting sheet that i can take a look at, so that i can make my own??? :)

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we run a wireless scouting server which we won an award at Waterloo for. Check out gpgearheads.org, and see gearhead crossing- Waterloo or ford first.
Go to the rank teams list for our ratings. We create some great scouting sheets which feed into our system, I do not have an example on hand but can say that we are interested in helping other teams implement the system for their regionals.

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Cool Do you think you can send me last years so I could take a look at it??

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Thank You. Much appreciated :D

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Wow that was very helpful... I will pas that on to my team!

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we have a double tactic scouting system

first we have 6 peolpe watching the matches(one per bot) with a spread sheet with the team numbers for every team going down the side and the top has the following collums:Top Middle Bottom Camera Speed(1-5) Tip Over Aggressive Lift Bots Lift able Class Power Turn Driving Skill Removal Flags


then we have people interviewing other teams in the pits asking the following:
Team Number: __________
Class: I II III
Dimensions: ____________________
Speed (1-5): 1 2 3 4 5
Maneuverability (1-5): 1 2 3 4 5
Possible Goals: Bottom Middle Top
Main Goal: Bottom Middle Top
Has Your Robot Ever Tipped Over: Yes No
Camera Use: Find Tubes Find Lights None
Aggressive Driving: Yes No Unsure
Lift Other Bots: Yes No
Able to be lifted: Yes No
Attempt to be lifted: Yes No
Use Spoilers: Yes No
Remove Spoilers: Yes Can No
Favorite Feature:

Comments/Notes:

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1334 has a scouting system I set up, with some help from an Excel scoring system somone else set up. The files are here. The updated one isn't working as of yet, but if you feel confident delving into VB, and understanding my imagination, go ahead and try to make it work. I personally like the first one more, but the second one may be more user friendly.

~Nick/1334

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This is an addition to the one above...
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1916

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In a few days I
ll have my scout database up on the site so anybody who wants to look at it can. Also does anybody have any pit scouting sheets I can look at??

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Here's my scouting Pit sheet:http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1934

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These are the ones 662 will be using this year.

PM me if you have any questions or need any help with your scouting efforts.

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Here's my scouting Database: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1935

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Here's all the ones team 1281 will be using http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/my/

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Our team uses MARRS, a scouting program that was developed by one of our team members, mike Weinand. its open to any team to use, and has proved rather effective for our team.
http://www.team537.com/marrs.php
his chiefdelphi sn is themagic8ball