Pit Scouting

[Andrew Y.]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

What parts a robot has on it or what a team says it can do often has no resemblence to what it actually does on the field. For scouting, my recommendation is that your time is better spent in the stands, watching what the robots actually do, as opposed to listening to the builders talk about what they're supposed to do.

I will have to agree here. Pit scouting can be very annoying and waste of time for both parties. But if you choose to pit scout, please don't ask "what kind of drive is it". "Is it a elevator or pivot arm" "can you guys all get out of the pits so we can get a clean picture". Use your eyes. Ask questions that are intelligent and useful to a scouting system. Often teams are in pit repair mode and thats not the time to bother people.

Just my $0.02