Scouting Overview
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Scouting Season Summary
Scouting team develops and runs data collection, analysis, and activities that to support the Drive and Strategy Teams.
Current work
- Know the Rules.
- Know the Game.
- Know your Robot.
- Anticipate how the game will be played.
- Work with Strategy and Drive Team to determine how best to support their goals.
- Determine key factors that will give us strategic advantage and what metrics and information will be valuable.
- Determine how we will effectively and accurately collect this information.
- Review data collection and Analysis methods - what system will we use? Review Apps and other tools.
… what data best complements Blue Alliance data? How will we get this data?
- Shooting (vs. scoring)
- Ability to quickly complete a phase
- How effective is their intake?
- Power Cell Capacity
- Time spent playing defense and how effective (blocking, pressure, etc)
- Complementary
- able to operate Control Panel? “Can they …. ?”
- trench run
- lift, level, assist and location of hang
- Auto starting position
- Can they pass? Receive a pass. Retrieve hard-to-get power cells? Assist in some other way?
- Foul data
- Trending – are they improving?
- What do we expect of them from past events and are they on our radar for events / alliances?
- Did they break down and what component? What was the reason?
Dissecting Scouting Data
- Pre-Event
- Pre-Game
- In-Game
- Selection
example: Information needed for Robot weights during game.
Game Weekend - when everyone becomes a scout
- Lead Scout - coordinate scouting activities with Scouts and Drive and Strategy Teams
- Advanced Scouting – “beyond scoring” - search for key capabilities. example: Defensive skills, developing/improved skills
- Meet with Drive and Strategy teams before the match, after day 1, after qualification matches
- Work on Pick-List with Strategy
