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Re: Low cost Netbooks for scouting
I can't emphasize enough the absolute ease we have had doing the Nintendo DS scouting. We just did CalGames last weekend and had no problem finding students with these (some just donate them to the team because they've outgrown them). Their batteries usually last most of the day (if not just bring backups and chargers). The first hour before matches start, we collect the match list data and pictures of the robots and load them into the memory cards. Set a scouting schedule where every scout does 10 matches on and then 10 matches off. (requires ~ 12 scouts). Then at the end of the day, it took about 30 minutes to download all the scout data off the memory cards and upload them into our database on a laptop, just in time for alliance selection.
We've toyed around with moving out to a different platform like iTouch, android app, etc.. But we come back to using the DS because of how accessible they are and easy to work with. Plus it gives the non-robot programmers something fun and valuable to do.
Sorry for getting off on a tangent - but I watch other teams scout using laptops and while some are serious about it, others just play video games on them.
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