Scouting and Driver stations Help

[libinator]

Being a rookie team, we would like help making scouting sheets and what would be the most effective way to scout for other teams. If any teams would like to share their sheets, that would be a huge help!

Thanks
Team 3546

[EricH]

Typical scouting:
Thursday, go through the pits and see what the robots are like up close. Ideally, get pictures. Also some tech specs.

Friday, have half a dozen people sit in the stands, each watching one robot in each match. (NOTE: I did not say students--anybody handy works, if they want to.) They record data on what the robot actually does. I don't trust what you tell me your robot can do in the pits; linoleum with no defense has nothing on carpet with 2 robots accidentally getting in the way and 3 intentionally getting in the say and playing defense.

Friday night, run through the data. Make a rough pick list for Saturday.

Saturday AM: Maybe scale down to teams you're interested in on the scouting, to refine the pick list.

What you should be looking for: Ubertube placement (automode), where tubes were acquired (slot or floor), where the tube wound up (high, middle, low, floor (as in, dropped)), how many tubes, and minibot end time, if deployed. If the team plays defense, rank them based on how "in the way" they are. Also, special weaknesses, say if a team can't pick up a triangle or if they drop tubes when clipped in a certain way, if you notice them.

Oh, and record penalties, especially yellow and red cards. Those cards can break an alliance in the eliminations.