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Scouting

Systematically collecting data on robots' performance to inform strategy and alliance-selection decisions.

also calledMatch scoutingPit scouting

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where you actually meet Scouting

Scouting is a whole sub-team's job at an event: people in the stands recording what every robot does each match, plus pit scouting to catch what the field never shows — cycle strategy, mechanism reliability, whether they can actually climb. The data only matters if it is clean, which is why teams standardise the form long before the first event.

Lessons that use Scouting

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Scouting & Strategy
Scouting Fundamentals

Pit Scouting vs Match Scouting

The two core scouting activities answer different questions: pit scouting asks what a robot can do, match scouting measures what it actually does.open Drive Team
Worked Examples & Mini-Projects

Project 3: Build a Paper + Spreadsheet Scouting System

Design match and pit scouting sheets for REBUILT and a spreadsheet that turns raw tally marks into per-team averages your drive coach can use.open Business, Operations & Fundraising
Sustainability, Documentation & the Business Plan

Business at Competition: Scouting, Strategy, and Logistics

See how the business sub-team supports the whole team at events through scouting, match strategy, logistics, and award presentations.open

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Data & Scouting

Picklist

A ranked list of teams an alliance captain uses to decide whom to invite during alliance selection.

Data & Scouting

The Blue Alliance

The community database of teams, events, matches, and results — with a public API used by many scouting tools.

Competition & Game

Alliance Selection

The pre-playoff process where the top-seeded teams take turns inviting other teams to form playoff alliances.

Data & Scouting

Statbotics

An analytics site providing EPA ratings, predictions, and historical FRC data.

Scouting is one of 70 entries in the catalogue. The guides are where these words get used in order, instead of one at a time.

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