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Re: Computer-Assisted Scouting
Most teams now do some sort of "computer-assisted" scounting which can be anything from
a) manually-tabulating scores from paper-based sheets into a Excel spreadsheet to
b) directly-recording scouting info into a PDA to
c) our team's use of optical recognition software to automatically scan and summarize all the scouting sheets into a database.
What kills me is all the teams running around taking photos in the pits of all the same robots. Isn't FIRST supposed to have a central database of all 1,000-plus robots prior to the first regional event? Oh well, maybe somebody else can really get this going better. Maybe even a photo kiosk at the championship?
The real trick to scouting (pit or match) is to make it SIMPLE and truly meaningful when picking alliances. Too much data input just confuses the process. Keep it simple.
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