NAC Team 93's System

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Hello, I am Bryce of N.E.W. Apple Corps Robotics (N.A.C. Team 93).

Last year (my freshman year), our scouting team consisted of two people and no base whatsoever. Essentially, we started from scratch. By the end of build, we ended up with a web-based system. It worked beautifully. Sadly, our laptops did work as well.

This year, we started out with 3 new members. Within a week, we were back to the same two. Due to out previous experiences, we decided to go with a paper-based system. What a minute.. How do we get paper data into our beautiful statistics system from last year? I am proud to tell you, we have solved that problem!

Our current system:

• Bubble recognition (recognizes filled in bubbles)
• ADF (Automated Document Feeder) Scanner (scans 20 pages per minute)
• Easily configured using a configuration file
• Configurable identifier marks (makes sure your form is the same version as the configuration file)
• Aligns to a reference image (straightens it)
• Outputs to an XML file that can be uploaded to another system
• Configures every bubble
• And more!

These are the features we have at the current moment and might be expanded at any time! The point is, the scouters record the data on the forms, you put the forms in the scanner and walk away! It's a brilliantly simple system that has applications other than scouting.

Probably the best news about it is that it can be reused year after year.


So, what does Chief Delphi think?


P.S. Feature requests will be greatly appreciated!