Pre-Scouting Ideation

[StewyJ]

As our design begins to take shape, wondering if anyone's thoughts have turned to what pre-scouting criteria will be most important in determining teamwork and defensive strategies, as well as potential alliance partners. We started a little ideation and came up with the following:

1) Is the robot able to shoot the ball over the truss and/or into the high goal
2) Can the robot catch an over the truss pass
3) How does the robot appear to possess the ball - a) not, b) carrier, c) herder, d) launcher (check all that apply)
4) Is the robot have goalie capabilities (i.e. extension that fits in 6" cylinder)
5) Is there any potential for the ball to become trapped inside the robot (i.e. shut down the alliances scoring)
6) Does the robot have photo capabilities to detect the hot goal in auto
7) What strategy does the team appear to have in auto - a) goalie, b) mobility, c) top goal, d) bottom goal, e) hot goal (same as #6) (check all that apply)

Any other thoughts on game specific pre-scouting and areas that you will be measuring?