Digital Scouting System

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Team 2052 KnightKrawler has been using Digital/Electronic Scouting for the past 3 years during competitions, so we have some advice we can give you.

If you guys are looking at a specific digital scouting system, test it out at an offseason event. Testing the system itself is very important and can reduce the likelihood of errors with the actual system during competitions when the data matters, and it's very important to let the scouts themselves become familiar with the system itself.

Be prepared to run into lots of errors, especially if the system is complex- The more complex the system, the more things that can possibly go wrong. That's another reason to test, test, and test out the system.

Also once you guys have picked a digital/electronic system you guys want to explore or look into, compare it with your paper scouting system. It isn't important how you collect data, whether it's on paper or on electronic devices, but it's important about how useful the data will be and how it will shape your performance at a competition. Assess the pros and cons of both systems and involve the scouts themselves in the process.

There are many popular digital scouting systems and scouting applications for FRC that don't use WiFi. Some systems/apps use bluetooth to transfer data. Here is the system we use currently: Our system has 6 devices that record data, then the data from each individual device is transferred to a master tablet via bluetooth. This system has worked well for us over the past 3 years. More info about our system is here.

Check out 1678's Scouting system as well.

The google playstore is filled with many scoutings apps, so check them out!