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Originally Posted by Ben Martin
Funny that you should mention this--the inspectors at Springside-Chestnut Hill and MAR Champs were using tablets with some sort of inspection app. We weren't given any forms to sign, just a sticker when we were done. There were a bunch of features, including a nice diagram of all the teams on a pit map and where they stood in the inspection process.
Maybe they were piloting something? Really not sure.
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Yes, it is a pilot program in MAR. From what I understand the guys at FIRST are watching its progress. I volunteered at bridgewater and I got to use the program for Queuing. Tablets are lent to volunteers (signed out at the beginning of the day, then signed back in before you head out). The app features Queuing, Inspection status of teams, pit maps, a Game Announcer mode where you can scroll from match to match and get info on each of the 6 teams (Name, Motto, Sponsors, Robot name, everything.) For queuing, we had a match schedule that would autoscroll to highlight the match on the field in yellow and the next two matches in green. You could tap a team to bold them, a method of 'marking' them as in queue.
A judge showed me the judges portion of the app. This section seemed like it needed the most work, but it did show promise. They had everyone fill out surveys after the event and asked for feedback. Overall, it made everyone's lives easier and saved a bunch of trees.
In the case of inspectors, it has the full inspection checklist and the inspector simply scrolls down it and answers yes/no or checks off various things. Teams start showing up with a red backround which is shown in the pit map, match schedule, pretty much everywhere. When they're fully inspected they turn green. Queuers were told if a team showed up to queue with anything but a green background to grab an inspector. There were some other colors as well, such as yellow and pink. I'm not entirely sure what the significance of those were, but I'm sure someone that was an inspector could answer.