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Unread 09-11-2015, 08:20
Alex Webber Alex Webber is offline
Programming / Web Site / Scouting
FRC #1810 (Jaguar Robotics)
Team Role: Programmer
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Rookie Year: 2015
Location: Lenexa, KS
Posts: 103
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Re: Questions: Scouting App or Other Scouting System

What language do you program your scouting app in? We are using Java, because that's what our team uses for our robot, and Android likes Java.
If I need to learn this language, how hard would it be to do using internet guides? It depends on how much time you can devote to learning. Java has some great documentation out there, if you want to make it an android app, there's great documentation out there as well.
What is your scouting app capable of doing? Our app is able to scout matches and pit handle scouting. Our match scouting does autonomous and teleop, and other information like fouls and malfunctions, or general notes. Our system tracks how many matches each member scouts, because everyone needs to have X matches scouted.

Our data is then sent to a cool display that ranks the robots on our own scale, different then FIRST. Our display can be found in our pit, I could post a picture later.
What game day advantages does your app lend you? Before we leave our school, it polls team data from TBA.
How much human interaction (or data monkeying) is required? Besides scouting matches, and walking the flash drive to the pit, zero.
How long did it take to build the first product of your app? It took me a month for our match scouting program by myself, but it took a entire 3 months for the fancy display.
Is 1 programmer capable of doing this app by himself? Yes
Any other information I should know about your app? Previously it ran on a laptop. This year we purchasedo 6 kindles fires, 6 cases, and a rasberry pi for under $350.
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Alex Webber | Co-Programming Lead and Scouting Lead
Jaguar Robotics FRC 1810
2015 | Greater Kansas City Regional 16/54
2016 | Greater Kansas City Imagery Award
2016 | Iowa Regional