FIRST Tech Challenge: Scouting in Competitive Robotics
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FIRST Tech Challenge: Scouting in Competitive Robotics
- 1. Scouting in Competitive Robotics A Guide to Strategic Alliance & Match Planning
- 2. Presentation purpose: Learn how to efficiently scout other teams to make informed strategic decisions during competitions
- 3. Why Scouting is Essential Scouting helps gather data on other teams performance. It gives data for decision making Better decisions means better alliances & match strategies. Key benefits of effective scouting: Helps you choose the best partners Allows you to exploit opponent weaknesses Removes guessing and adds data-driven analysis during decision- making
- 4. What to Look for When Scouting? Robot Performance: Speed, precision, consistency Scoring Ability: Points per match, accuracy in game elements Driving Skill: Agility, skill, amount of driver practice Technical Failures: Common breakdowns, weak mechanisms Any other game-specific data
- 5. Scouting Methods Pre-game pit visits: Ask teams about their expectations for the competition Observe their robot Match Scouting: Track actual matches & scoring Observe any strengths & areas for improvement Video Review: Analyze team consistency over multiple matches
- 6. Pit Scouting Questions Some questions you may asking during the pit visit method: How many points do you think you can achieve? With what strategy do you approach the game with? Any recurring failures or limitations? How long driver practice did you have with the bot? Whats your endgame strategy?
- 7. Match Scouting - What to Record? Track these data points during a match: Points Scored Cycle Time Robot Failures Driving Skill Qualitative notes Any other game-specific data
- 8. Digital Tools for Scouting Digital tools are always better than scouting, as it involves large-scale data analysis Apps and tools include: Google Sheets Google Forms Google Sheets Tableau Custom Apps (Build a scouting app with Google Forms or Python) Additionally, you can sometimes get stats from the official tournament
- 9. Example Scouting Sheet Team # Auto Points TeleOp Points Endgame Driving Skill (1- 5) Notes 12345 20 50 Strong Climb 5 Good under defense 67890 15 40 Inconsistent 3 Slow cycles 54321 25 60 No Endgame 4 Fast but risky
- 10. Using Video Scouting for Better Analysis Using videos allows for scouting under less stress - as it is a replay! You can also observe trends over multiple matches. You can slow down footage to catch small details. Using videos, compare match claims vs. actual performance.
- 11. Alliance Selection Strategy In a game where alliance selection is necessary, scouting is VERY useful, follow these tips to pick the best possible alliance partner: Choose teams that complement your strengths A steady bot is better than one that fails half the time Focus on the data: a well-known team might not fit your strategy Good communication is key
- 12. Understanding Your Opponents You can also use scouting data to find weaknesses in your opponent: Identity the weaknesses of your opponent and force them to it Changing your strategy to make the game difficult for the opponents strategy Check paths & avoid collisions
- 13. Common Scouting Mistakes to Avoid Not enough enough data is not helpful - always remember to record every single data you observe! Rely on your own data over what teams say they can do Dont ignore driving skills, its very important! Dont focus on scouting one match for each team - testing consistency matters! Always check pit repairs - things can change quickly!
- 14. Good luck!