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It sounds odd, but I always ask questions that I already know the answer to, or think I do.
How accurate is your shooter?... For example. Most every team will tell you 90% or higher. Most will actually believe it too. Very few are actually telling the truth when they say that. It's always refreshing when you hear a team tell you a percentage that's spot on with what your scouting says, even though it sounds very low compared to everyone else. The irony is, a team like that will probably have one of the best shooting percentages at the competition! I always like to ask "what's your favourite part of the robot" The answer I usually get is vaguely about how awesome a shooter or intake or catcher is. There's often a lot of hand waving and adjectives. But I love hearing from students about a seemingly innocuous, but "critical detail," like a chain tensioner that required a weird setup on the mill, or the geometry iterations behind a catapult hard stop that stopped it from self destructing when dry fired. Or maybe it was a series of equations in programming to make the driver controls smoother to control. An oddly shaped bracket that magically cleared enough room for the shooter to fire without having to deploy the intake. Maybe it's just a series of clearance /access holes that allow the pit crew to replace an entire gearbox without disassembling the whole side of the drivetrain. I guess my questioning usually revolves around how well a team understands their own robot, its limitations, and whether they have realistic expectations of it. I don't really much care if the robot is "good" or "bad". Our match scouting data can figure that out. But a "bad" robot in the hands of a "good" team can help you win a lot of banners. That's what you're really looking for when pit scouting. Last edited by Mr. Lim : 11-03-2014 at 01:07. |
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