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Re: Internet at Competitions

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Originally Posted by Chadfrom308 View Post
I think that it is way too much of a hassle. Just modify your scouting sheet to work offline! I mean, if your can figure out how to do it online, then you can figure out how to make it offline

Instead of sending things through the internet, write the info down on paper and give them to someone who can put it in a computer! It's not too hard to do that!

I had my scouting setup like this (although we never really used it because we didn't do too well this year):
1.Everyone goes on their phone and submits a google form with all the parameters.
2.Google Spreadsheets automatically gets the data
3.Google Spreadsheets sorts the data and averages everything and makes graphs
4.The scouter (or the drivers) pulls up the interface (a sheet with a spot to type in the team you want) and gives us the info on the other teams

Now I could make it where people just write down the info on paper and have one person compile it into a sheet in excel or the new google offline spreadsheets and it will do the same thing

Besides, what's the point of robotics if you are going to be on the internet all day? It is actually fun to watch! (unless it's your team, then it's nerve wrecking)
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending who you ask), we've gotten to the point in FRC that offline scouting isn't going to cut it. It comes down to teams using scouting for more than a pick list for the finals because teams now have the ability to use scouting information for upcoming matches. My team has been pushing this for a couple years now, and we've been very successful in using scouting data to win matches in which our alliance was the real underdog. Just scouting for a pick list is severely underutilizing the data.