Features
Everything your team runs on.
Vantage is organized the way a team works: Competition, Team, Build and Business, plus a place for new members to learn. Here is what is inside each one.
Workspace
Competition
Scout the pits and every match, then make the plan and the pick list together.
- Event day
- Scout
- Teams
- Match plan
- Our robot
- Pit scouting firstScouting opens on the pits: visit the next team in one tap, search by number, and see who is left.
- Quick scoutYour next robot from the schedule, one phase at a time in big tiles. It saves on the phone with no signal and says Sent only once your team has the report.
- The scouting lead's viewAssign scouts, see robots nobody has covered, settle disagreements and check data quality before alliance selection.
- Your own formsDesign your pit and match forms. Each report keeps the version of the form it was saved on.
- Team lookupEvery team at the event, with your scouting beside public results from The Blue Alliance and ratings from Statbotics.
- Event dayYour next match, queue time and bumper colour from the real schedule, on phones and a pit TV.
- Match plans and picksMatch estimates from scouting and public statistics, a pick list you drag, and an alliance selection desk.
Workspace
Team
Plan the week, keep the hours and the money straight, and talk in one place.
- Calendar
- Chat
- People
- Tasks
- Playbook
- Calendar and tasksOne team calendar with your matches on it, and tasks with owners and due dates.
- ChatTeam channels and direct messages that stay with the team. Messages between an adult and a student include a second adult by default.
- Hours and the shop kioskStudents clock in at a kiosk by scanning a card. Typed-in hours are marked as typed, and only a mentor changes a closed session.
- Tool trainingOwners and mentors record who is cleared on each tool. Nobody signs themselves off.
- People and rolesOwner, admin, team member and View only, so parents and guests can look without changing anything.
- PlaybookThe team wiki, season roadmap, decision notes, and a writer for grants and updates.
Workspace
Build
Review the code, keep the robot's record, and drive CAD from one place.
- Kickoff
- CAD
- Code
- Robot
- Pull request reviewsConnect your team's GitHub repository and each new or updated pull request gets a review. A finding has to quote a line the pull request adds, or it is dropped. Runs on your team's AI key.
- Code mapSubsystems, commands, CAN IDs, vendor libraries and the WPILib version, read from your repository without AI and refreshed when the main branch changes.
- Robot BlueprintEvery part of the robot, each linked to its CAD, its code and its checks.
- CAD agentDrive Onshape or Fusion 360 from Claude Code, with design-for-manufacturing checks before a part is built. Not certified engineering software: review what it makes.
- Code CoachPaste robot code and get the risky patterns flagged with why they fail and a safer habit.
- Kickoff to inspectionGame brief, risk checks, battery health, weigh-in and inspection prep.
Inside Build
Learn
New members learn by doing, and Vantage checks the work.
- Checked step by stepOnshape tracks from a first part to belt layouts, and Git and GitHub through your first pull request. Each step says when to use it, shows an example, and is checked before it counts.
- Lead sign-offsA step software can't see goes to a lead, who signs it off or sends it back with a note. Nobody signs off their own.
- Lessons your team writesWrite a lesson in an editor that saves as you type, or upload a PDF, then add practice questions the app grades.
- Team progressOwners and mentors see every member's checked steps and the sign-offs waiting for them.
Workspace
Business
Budgets, sponsors, grants, outreach and awards, with clear rules for who changes money.
- Overview
- Money
- Sponsors
- Grants
- Outreach
- Awards
- Finance managersThe owner chooses who manages money. Everyone else can read the budget and ask.
- Two people for every claimReimbursements need a receipt, and nobody approves, denies or pays their own claim.
- Budgets and ordersSeason budget, recorded spending, part requests and purchase approvals.
- Sponsors and grantsSponsor pipeline and recognition, grant drafts and award essays from what the team actually did.
- OutreachOutreach records, volunteer hours and content planning.
Also included
On every device, with your data in reach.
- Desktop appVantage for Windows and Mac. The same invite-only sign-in, and it stays signed in between launches.About the desktop app
- Spreadsheet copiesA live copy of your team's records in Google Sheets or Excel, readable even when Vantage is offline.
- Logistics and exportsHotels, travel, packing lists and on-duty mentors, plus data exports for the people allowed to make them.
Free for every FRC team.
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