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Originally Posted by BJC
we like to use scale of 1 2 3 4 5 (circle one) to judge things like speed, driver precision, tube pick up speed, and other qualitative yet important bits of data. We have found that although people judge the scale differently when you put all of a perticular robot's scouting reports togeather it gives a fairly clear idea of what that robot can do.. anyway, it's better than "fast- (yes) (no)."
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Be sure your not mistaking Precision for Accuracy. Being able to say "This team on average has a speed rating of 3.54" is still based on the biased perception of the scouts.
In terms of the sheet, what about teams that fetch tubes (ie pick up tubes and drop them into the home zone for other teams to score)? For our scouting sheets, I'm thinking about keeping track of the number of tubes brought into the home zone (even if they are scored or just 'fetched'), but that could get redundent.
I doubt our scouting sheets will have the mini-bot place (1st through 4th) because that is heavily dependent on partners and opponents mini-bot speed. I think we will keep track of time it takes for the mini bot to reach the top from the time the robot touches the tower.
For autonomous, you can make it a little easier and say "Where did they score (circle one): top, middle, bottom, none".
I think the "Approximate time takes to score tube" will be shown in the number of tubes scored. I think you could get rid of that and make it eaiser on the scouts.
A minor thing, in the tele-op box, I would re-order the items so the mini-bot stuff is all at the end, so the scout can just go right down the list.
Another tip that we have done the last few years, for things that teams will do several of (like score tubes, score balls last year, laps in 2008...), we have put little numbers on the sheet that the scout checks off during the match. Its a lot easier than trying to count on your hands, especially when there are several things your keeping track of.
Overall though, I think this is a very good scouting sheet!