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Re: How to Win a Robotics Competition

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Originally Posted by edwardj View Post
By then I just wouldn't really care, because it's very difficult to determine a better team from a heap full of "Maybes". Using a simpler vs. more complex scouting method is unlikely to influence the overall success of your team -- luck is more influential at that point.
It all comes down to how you collect your data and how it’s organized. Over the past three years we have tweaked with a scouting system and I my opinion it was a major reason that we won the Buckeye regional in 2011. Our second pick had a compatible mini-bot deployment which allowed us to win the regional by winning the mini-bot race.
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