[Jibsy]

This season we used a fairly simple paper system. It consisted of one sheet per team (per competition), with enough rows for all of the matches, and all of the stats were tracked with tallys in the columns.

It was very primitive, but very easy to develop. Myself and a teammate are currently finishing up our own software that will be used for live scouting on laptops. Up to 3 teams can be scouted on each computer at a time. This saves the data into the database, which can later be imported to a master database on one of the computers.
If having multiple laptops is an issue, the stats can be marked down on paper (such as the way Olivia mentioned) and then entered after the match.
The stats can then be viewed in a master table or in each team's individual profile (which contains the team's stats, a robot photo, pit scouting information, etc.)

The plan is to release the finished and tested software to the community for criticism in the off season and then a 2013 version some time after kickoff next year.


As for numbers, we typically have one student watching each robot, but that's probably overkill in most scenarios.