Originally Posted by eagle33199

You made me remember a very important point... One of the most celebrated individuals on our team last year never touched the robot. She spent 3 years organizing and expanding our scouting program, and that scouting program is a huge reason we've done as well as we have. it's enabled us to find the teams that compliment us, while not necessarily being the "best" teams at the competition.

Scouting takes more than writing numbers down on a piece of paper... it takes an intimate knowledge of the details of all the robots competing, and a broad understanding of all the technologies and approaches each team used. Without an understanding of engineering principles, you can't scout effectively.