Thank you for the plug, James, and hello to everyone at FRC 330.
FRC 1073 developed its Android tablet based scouting system about 5 years ago and we've been incrementally improving it over the years. As James mentioned, there is an Android table application (actually two of them, one for Pit scouting and one for Match scouting). The scouting data is captured on the tablets and saved locally in a series of text files. The scouting data files are sync'ed to a central laptop application using bluetooth or WIFI and the scouting data itself is processed on the central application. That central application is a python-based web server that parses the data, stores the information into a SQL database and serves up a bunch of different reports that are used by the scouting team for analysis. The scouting data can also be easily exported as a CSV file for use by other reporting applications.
The Android application is based on a common base and generated from an input file (spreadsheet), allowing the non-programmer students to define the scouting 'sheet' based on what they want to collect for each year.
All of the code is open sourced up on GitHub at:
https://github.com/FRCTeam1073-TheFo...tingAppCentral
We also have the central application running up in the Amazon Web Services cloud, too, under an education grant from Amazon. Feel free to check out the site at
http://54.235.71.118:8080/home. You can log into a guest account as 'dean_kamen', password 'woodie'. The site needs a little TLC at the moment, with some broken links (we use the TheBlueAlliance for comp information and our use of those APIs needs a little cleanup on our side), but you should can get a sense of the site. This is the same application that we run on a laptop at competition.
As James mentioned, we have had several teams use the system through the years, with many of these teams adapting the base system for their own use. Some use just parts of the application, tying the Android apps into their own back end processing. We here at FRC 1073 are always happy to work with other teams to help them get started with the application. Please send along a PM if you want further info.
Yours in scouting,
Ken St