On the topic of FTC in Michigan, here's something that may be interesting: there are zero FTC teams in the Upper Peninsula, and only 5? north of about Cadillac. In comparison, there are 2? VRC teams in the UP, 22 FRC teams, and something like a dozen FLL teams (several of which are middle school programs).
On one hand, I do appreciate that FLL is being pushed as an elementary program so that FLL and FTC don't try to conflict as a middle school programs. Several years ago, FIM was pushing FTC, but if it and FLL were going to be middle school programs, many northern schools would have ended up choosing one or the other.
On the less fortunate hand, pushing FLL into elementary may cause a temporary lack of good middle school robotics programs (at least FIRST ones, anyway) in the UP. This is partly because, say, for Houghton, the nearest FLL competition is 2 hours away, but the nearest FTC competition is 6+ hours away. (The nearest VRC events appear to be a similar distance away in WI and MN).
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Originally Posted by Abhishek R
Excuse my ignorance, but does every student in Michigan who participates in FLL have the opportunity to easily become involved in the FTC program when they graduate to middle school?
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In the UP?
What is this FTC thing you speak of?
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23-05-2015, 00:12
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