Today, I caught up with several of the ongoing threads related to scouting, specifically tablet scouting systems. Last year, FIRST Team 1073 created on a system for scouting that uses Android tablets and a central data processing application written in Python. It appears to be similar in concept to what FIRST Team 2410 is doing. And, in the spirit of open collaboration, we’d like to put the system out there for other teams to look at and see if it has usefulness for them. All of the source code is open sourced through GitHub, though at the moment enhancements for this year are still being actively developed.
We do realize that the teams who have already invested in a tablet solution probably have a particular attachment to that system and are not likely to consider something different. But, it would be very cool if we could work together on ways that our systems could potentially interoperate and share data. Please PM me if you are interested in getting something going. Additionally, FIRST Team 1073 is going to be trying out a “cloud based” version of our central application this year so that all team members can access our data at comp through a smartphone or 3G tablet. We’re always trying to find different ways to keep everyone informed and engaged throughout the competition events, and this cloud model is something different for us.
If you are a team evaluating a tablet solution, send me a note and I will respond with more detailed information. I initially had the details in this post but it got way too long...Here are links to the current version of our team’s pit and match scouting applications. You should be able to click on each link from a browser on the Android tablet and the package should get installed. The only requirement is that the tablet be running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18568035/Ma...ngTest2013.apk
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18568035/Pi...ngTest2013.apk