[Steve W]

Setting up a detailed scouting form would be good for a couple of reasons. The students would need to see the robots up close and ask questions. They would need to observe how the robots actually work under pressure. They would need to compare robots and rank as if you were picking your Championship alliance. This is not as easy a it sounds. Our team have been working on this for 3 years now and they are constantly improving. They have increased their observation skills, they will now ask questions and they work better as a team now. they also have less free time as they are scouting more.

Our team had a binder with pictures of the robots, and a scouting form of every robot at each event that they were at, I believe.