Team Calamari

I mentor Team Calamari, a community-based team located in Westerville, Ohio. The team is part of Educational Robotics of Central Ohio (ERCO) and was founded in 2015.

In the 2025-2026 DECODE season the team went 42-4. At the Ohio Championship they were Ohio State Champions, the 1st pick of the winning alliance, and they won the Design Award. At the FIRST World Championship in Houston they ranked 5th of 57 after qualification matches in the Edison Division.

Earlier awards include the Inspire Award at the Van Wert Qualifier (2024-2025 INTO THE DEEP season), the Design Award at the Ohio Championship (2024-2025 season), and the Promote Award at the Ohio State Championship (2022-2023 POWERPLAY season).

I built FTC Team Scouting for Team Calamari last season. This year I updated it so any and every FTC team can use it for free.

A coach creates an account, starts a team, and shares a join code. Scouts join with that code and don't need an account. The app covers match scouting, pit scouting, pre-tournament notes, the event schedule from FIRST, and alliance pick ranking. Reports save on the device and sync when you're back online. You can export CSV or JSON.

iOS 1.2.0 is on the App Store for iPhone and iPad (iOS 18 or later). Android 2.1.2 is in a Google Play closed beta for Android 7.0 or later, in all 178 Google Play countries and regions. Anyone can join, and there is no approval step. Use the same Google account to join the tester group, then opt in on Google Play. The opt-in page can take a few minutes after you join.

My company, VWS Digital, covers the costs of keeping it running. It will never have ads and will stay free forever for every team. There is nothing to buy. It is not affiliated with FIRST or FIRST Tech Challenge.

More languages are in the works, and I keep adding features and making it easier to use and faster.