[DonRotolo]

Pretty cool, and quite generous of you.

Team 1676 has run a wireless LAN for the past two or 3 years at every regional we attend.

The main feature and purpose is our scouting database. We have a dedicated team of seven (six observers - one for each robot - and one 'supervisor') entering scouting data for every match. Every team is invited to use the data in any way they like. There's also some additional functionality - a live video feed from the field, a forum, and some other stuff.

Several teams came up to us in NJ and thanked us, so I guess it's helpful.

We were ranked 44th in our win/loss record, but through scouting we showed that we were 9th in scoring - and so were picked for an alliance over several higher-ranked teams. Scouting has its value, that is why we work hard at it.

We handed out slips of paper explaining to teams how they could connect in and use it. Several teams had wireless with them.

Don