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Worked Examples & Mini-Projects

Five buildable, end-to-end projects that turn scouting theory into working artifacts. You will configure a real QRScout form for a season game, compute OPR by hand on a tiny example and then in a spreadsheet, pull live data from The Blue Alliance and Statbotics with real code, build an aggregation sheet that ranks robots by EPA components, and assemble a one-page pre-match prep sheet. Every example uses real REEFSCAPE (2025) numbers from the official game manual, real part/tool names, and runnable snippets so a sub-team can reproduce each result before its next event.

Worked Examples & Mini-Projects is module 5 of 8 in the Scouting & Strategy guide. It picks up where Strategy: Picklists, Alliance Selection, and Match Play left off and hands over to Common Mistakes & Troubleshooting. Its 5 lessons are about 240 minutes of the guide's ~21 hours.

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01Project 1: Configure a QRScout Form for REEFSCAPEBuild a real, scannable QRScout config.json with counters, booleans, and selects for the 2025 REEFSCAPE game, then test the full scan-to-spreadsheet pipeline.45 min read

02Project 2: Compute OPR by Hand, Then in a SpreadsheetSolve a 3-team toy OPR system on paper to demystify the math, then scale it to a real event using least squares in a spreadsheet.55 min read

03Project 3: Pull Live Data with the TBA and Statbotics APIsWrite real Python that fetches an event's matches and OPRs from The Blue Alliance and EPA ratings from Statbotics, the foundation of any automated analysis.50 min read

04Project 4: Build an EPA-Component Robot Ranking SheetCombine your scouted averages with TBA and Statbotics data into one sheet that ranks robots by what actually wins REEFSCAPE matches.50 min read

05Project 5: Assemble a One-Page Pre-Match Prep SheetTurn your data into a single printable sheet the drive team can read in the minute before a match.40 min read

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FRC Scouting Guide: How to Scout and Build a PicklistLearn how FRC scouting works, what OPR and EPA actually measure, and how to turn match data into a ranked picklist for alliance selection.4 min read

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