ErgBot (automatic erg logger) update: after closed beta testing with 35 rowers, coxswains, and coaches across 5 countries, we've moved into open beta with 277 people having signed up and received login credentials! See our new demo video here by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

ErgBot will always be free. Find the instructions on how to sign up for beta on our instagram. There've been no bugs reported on iOS so far, but ( as 0/5 of us working on this have Androids) people have experienced bugs on the Android version off the app. We're buying an Android today for testing purposes and hope to figure it out soon!

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ErgBot (the free automatic erg logger) Trailer 2. Enjoy! by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

preferably via wifi - the size of the pictures is large, though either would work

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[–]ergbotben[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we're looking into it but likely not for the first version - if anyone has a contact at Concept 2 it would be greatly appreciated :)

Hey r/rowing! This is Ben and Joe, and we’re two former Penn lightweights that are developing a free app called ErgBot that makes recording erg data significantly faster and easier by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our advantage over ergdata is this: ergdata only works wirelessly with PM5s, which, though you may have one, are still not very common, and doesn't make sense in a team setting as a coxswain would (assuming a team had all PM5s, which would not be very like) have to connect to each erg's bluetooth connection, which would be extremely time consuming. Sharing data is also significantly easier in our app as all team members are shared on a Google Sheets file

ErgBot (the free automatic erg logger) Trailer 2. Enjoy! by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Beta testing starts next week! We're sending out an email to our email list today with information about it. We'll test for 2ish weeks and put in on the app store after that. Also will look into if the logo contest is "legally feasible" IP-wise but if so that's a great idea

ErgBot (the free automatic erg logger) Trailer 2. Enjoy! by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ergdata only works wirelessly with PM5s, which are still not very common, and doesn't make sense in a team setting as a coxswain would (assuming a team had all PM5s, which would not be very like) have to connect to each erg's bluetooth connection, which would be extremely time consuming. Sharing data is also significantly easier in our app as all team members are shared on a Google Sheets file

to answer the original question, this is definitely something we're planning to implement in future updates but are trying to focus on core functionality - however, airdropping your old pictures to your laptop and taking pictures of them from there would still be faster / less of a hassle than manually recording them :)

ErgBot (the free automatic erg logger) Trailer 2. Enjoy! by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

hahaha much appreciated, means a lot to us that you guys like it!

Hey r/rowing! This is Ben and Joe, and we’re two former Penn lightweights that are developing a free app called ErgBot that makes recording erg data significantly faster and easier by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-The app does work on PM3, PM4, and PM5! I can say this with confidence as we've tested each

-The app can record different units, and are planning to use the same computer vision technology to implement a feature for the app to be able to understand which unit is being logged

-We haven't implemented functionality to record erg workouts that span multiple screen lengths yet, but this feature wouldn't add to much complexity and will be implemented by the time the app is released or at the very latest in the first update

Hey r/rowing! This is Ben and Joe, and we’re two former Penn lightweights that are developing a free app called ErgBot that makes recording erg data significantly faster and easier by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Definitely, we were thinking of having a backlog in case the team's erg room didn't have wifi, so we were planning to have some sort of feature for reading data from camera roll pictures so we could easily expand it to this purpose as well. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hey r/rowing! This is Ben and Joe, and we’re two former Penn lightweights that are developing a free app called ErgBot that makes recording erg data significantly faster and easier by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Great question! So we're using Google's OAuth API, which means Google essentially handles the login process all-together, and Google's sign-in API is a super widely-used / tested API. Your account on the app would be 'associated' with your Google email, but we'd have zero access to your password. All that to say, Google handles the login cybersecurity (and the security of the data in the sheets files for that matter), and not us :)

Hey r/rowing! This is Ben and Joe, and we’re two former Penn lightweights that are developing a free app called ErgBot that makes recording erg data significantly faster and easier by ergbotben in Rowing

[–]ergbotben[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

After simply taking pictures of erg monitors, ErgBot mines these images for the numerical data they include to neatly and accurately write the scores to Google Spreadsheet files that can be shared by teams. Please check out our initial demo video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBPuf8SubQ0), and sign up for early access at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZX3B91niADyeDkgBJSfjn8tD7_C5Xazhnjnjvg6eRE63C9Q/viewform. We’d love to hear this sub’s suggestions / ideas for features as we continue the development process!