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Pretty much the most important scouting you can do before hand is look at pictures of other robots. www.firstrobotics.net was mentioned earlier, and it is a GREAT source for info on robots.
Then you just got to go into Robot Showcast forum, and see if teams posted about their robot. Look at pevious regional awards, and see if some of the winners are going to your regional... Other than that, you really got to check out thursday's practice rounds, and go around to teams' pit area to check out their robot. That's the best way to see what a robot can do, and practice rounds will tell you whether a robot is working or not. Mean while, pay attention to matches, so you have updated scouting data for teams you are playing up against/with. Not too much prep you can do now... Just work hard at the competition. Good luck! |
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Re: before hand scouting...
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I remember that sometimes team 22 just didn't work during practice rounds, and they got #1 seed. Sometimes a robot gets fixed between the practice and the matches. In our rookie year, our first real practice was our first match! Also, the teams may not use game strategies during practice rounds. |
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Not to blow the horn of the Team I work with most of the time....
But... One of the best sources for initial scouting is the SOAP site. Team 108's Soap Program has numerous videos of matches from this years event. I would take a look and when you get the Championship at Epcot check them out for everything they do have. The site can be found at: http://www.soap108.com Enjoy. Joel |
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You can always check the websites of teams but that isn't always accurate and some teams don't provide alot of info. Watch practice rounds, make up a team to record matches and info on each robot, and also go to all the pits. Before we have a match we go to each pit and just act like we're walking around and ask ?s. Sometimes you can find out their weaknesses or even if their robot is working correctly. The majority of the time the other team doesn't even know you're up against them until after. It's quite funny. Then you can report back to your pit and stratagize even better.
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You can always check the websites of teams but that isn't always accurate and some teams don't provide alot of info. Watch practice rounds, make up a team to record matches and info on each robot, and also go to all the pits. Before we have a match we go to each pit and just act like we're walking around and ask ?s. Sometimes you can find out their weaknesses or even if their robot is working correctly. The majority of the time the other team doesn't even know you're up against them until after. It's quite funny. Then you can report back to your pit and stratagize even better.
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Re: scouting
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Drivers and robots are always improving as the competition goes on, especially after they've had a chance to catch their breath Friday night and strategize on ways to improve. just sharing some experiences.... KA-108 |
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