FIRST in Japan?

[Eagleeyedan]

How has FIRST been impacted in Japan by the recent tragedy? Are any teams from Japan going to be competing?

[Chris is me]

To my knowledge, FRC has no teams in Japan.

[Eagleeyedan]

There aren't? That surprises me. They are so focused on technology!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

To my knowledge, FRC has no teams in Japan.

I do recall an FLL team from Japan last year.

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by Eagleeyedan

There aren't? That surprises me. They are so focused on technology!

There are more "hardcore" robot organizations. I mean hardcore as in humanoid bots.

[Eagleeyedan]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

There are more "hardcore" robot organizations. I mean hardcore as in humanoid bots.

True but I don't think that their highschool kids are making those

[nikeairmancurry]

Im pretty sure FIRST had a good following in Japan.. Espically for FLL

[bam-bam]

Japan has extreme robotic programs literally everywhere. There are several videos of mouse mazes ran by little robots. I don't have the right time to do it now, but I will get some videos up sometime.

[Eagleeyedan]

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry

Im pretty sure FIRST had a good following in Japan.. Espically for FLL

Yeah, I know they have FLL I've almost competed against them at worlds last year. I wonder if they will still be around after the tsunami.

[Eagleeyedan]

Originally Posted by bam-bam

Japan has extreme robotic programs literally everywhere. There are several videos of mouse mazes ran by little robots. I don't have the right time to do it now, but I will get some videos up sometime.

But what about FIRST teams?

[GaryVoshol]

To my knowledge there has never been an FRC team in Japan.

There are a lot of FLL teams; they hosted a championship invitational (like the LegoLand or European events).

I don't know about FTC.

[lynca]

Japan VEX has been around a few years.

http://robotevents.com/asij-vrx-roboics-challenge.html

I am fairly certain FRC has not started in Asia.
We have had European , south american , Australia but not from ASIA

[RandomStyuff]

Well, Israel is usually considered Asia, and we have more FRC teams than all the other non-North American locations together (48 Israeli FRC teams this year), so I wouldn't say there is no Asia.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Eagleeyedan

There aren't? That surprises me. They are so focused on technology!

Exactly why it should be a low-priority target for FRC.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by lynca

Japan VEX has been around a few years.

http://robotevents.com/asij-vrx-roboics-challenge.html

I am fairly certain FRC has not started in Asia.
We have had European , south american , Australia but not from ASIA

Do the Philippines count for Asia?