Eaglescout vs AnySense

Team 114 created our own app for scouting data with the goal of providing the best possible user experience for our members. We understand that using a website accessed through a mobile device can be inconvenient and unreliable, especially during events where internet connectivity is poor. Our app allows users to scout without an internet connection, which eliminates any barriers to data collection. Additionally, our app is designed specifically for scouting, with features tailored to our specific needs, such as custom forms and data visualization tools. These features are intuitive and easy to use, which allows our team members to quickly and easily collect and analyze data, providing a more efficient and enjoyable experience. Overall, the app is an essential tool that empowers our team members to make better decisions and perform at the highest level, by providing them with a seamless and user-friendly experience.

AnySense is an open-source iPhone app that enables multi-sensory data collection by integrating the iPhone's sensory suite with external sensors via Bluetooth and wired interfaces, enabling both offline data collection and online streaming to robots. The app also supports on-device policy evaluation: you can load a trained CoreML policy, set a 3D goal in AR, and run the policy with AR visualization of predicted actions without a robot. We record RGB and depth videos, metric depth frames, streamed Bluetooth data (e.g. from tactile sensors) into a binary file, and timestamped pose data as a `.txt` file. Example streaming code for Bluetooth data can be found on AnySkin. USB streaming is supported by connecting the iPhone to your computer and using the library - https://github.com/NYU-robot-learning/anysense-streaming.