FRC to be at the 2020 Olympics?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Basel A

Is this conversation actually happening right now? Here's a few of the sports proposed for the 2020 Olympics but were not selected: sumo, squash, American football, racquetball, and bowling.

and note that BASEBALL was dropped from the lineup for the most recent 2 Olympic cycles.

[billylo]

There are a lot of plans around robotics in Tokyo 2020, including a robotics village in Odaiba.

[Hitchhiker 42]

When I first read the post, the idea that formed was that it would somehow be a part of the opening/closing ceremonies... not a part of the actual sporting event.

[teslalab2]

Water game confirmed

[BotDesigner]

I can't see FRC being a Olympic event (,but I don't see where in the world the thought that the athletes would think it's degrading comes from). Heck, Tokyo 2020 would be a great place to hold final matches between the South and North FRC Championships' champions.

[EDesbiens]

Originally Posted by BotDesigner

I can't see FRC being a Olympic event (,but I don't see where in the world the thought that the athletes would think it's degrading comes from). Heck, Tokyo 2020 would be a great place to hold final matches between the South and North FRC Championships' champions.

Somethings like a 4 out of 7 final?

[Abhishek R]

Do I consider FRC a sport? Yes.

Should FRC be an Olympic sport? Well, it doesn't really seem to make a whole lot of sense in that realm. I could be convinced either way.

I do think a lot of this even being talked about has to do with the fact that it's in Tokyo, obviously robotics is a huge pursuit in Japan.

[Lil' Lavery]

Being "at the Olympics" doesn't mean it's an actual event at the Olympics. I suspect it's far more likely that an FRC demonstration or exhibition occurs somewhere on the Olympic campus during the games.

[JesseK]

In the last couple of decades we've automated and roboticized so many of the non-creative and non-technical jobs. What's another few?

[Moskowapplepi]

My question is what would mentors be considered in terms of player or trainer should FRC become an olympic sport

[Alex2614]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Being "at the Olympics" doesn't mean it's an actual event at the Olympics. I suspect it's far more likely that an FRC demonstration or exhibition occurs somewhere on the Olympic campus during the games.

Way to not overthink things! Seriously, I never once in reading this thought that it would be an actual sport in the event, more of just being there in some other capacity... or holding the final matchup between the two world champions in conjunction with the olympics.

Being AT the olympics ≠ being IN the olympics

[Daria Wing]

Originally Posted by Moskowapplepi

My question is what would mentors be considered in terms of player or trainer should FRC become an olympic sport

Well you have to consider the possibility that they might make a "Robotics Olympics". Kind of like how they seperate the winter sports and the other sports, they would probably seperate robotics as well. However, only people who already know and love robotics would go so they might want to integrate it into the official olympics before considering other options

[barn34]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Rumor has it that some Robotics teams have already started planning on being at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Ya know, I kinda figured this was the case already. Represent us well, Glenn, as always!

[barn34]

Originally Posted by Cory

You guys don't really think FRC could/should be an Olympic sport right?

As someone who loves the Olympics more than almost any other sporting event... if that somehow happened (in some alternate reality) I would be very unamused.

Complete agreement on this, and I don't think you'll get much counterargument. I mean, this would be setting a crazy precedent and taking human achievements and putting them on the same stage as man made mechanical ones. I think that defeats the entire principle behind the olympic games. That's just a step away (a large one, granted) from putting robots on the field with human athletes or allowing cypernetic enhancements to athletes. That's a horribly threacherous slope to be approaching, IMO. That's a Jurrasic Park level, red flag situation - don't focus on weather you could, stop to think if you should.

While I feel that FIRST teams should be recognized on the same level as sporting events and sport programs in the communities, I don't feel they should be compared outside of the recognition of the accomplishments.

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by barn34

Complete agreement on this, and I don't think you'll get much counterargument. I mean, this would be setting a crazy precedent and taking human achievements and putting them on the same stage as man made mechanical ones. I think that defeats the entire principle behind the olympic games. That's just a step away (a large one, granted) from putting robots on the field with human athletes or allowing cypernetic enhancements to athletes. That's a horribly threacherous slope to be approaching, IMO. That's a Jurrasic Park level, red flag situation - don't focus on weather you could, stop to think if you should.

While I feel that FIRST teams should be recognized on the same level as sporting events and sport programs in the communities, I don't feel they should be compared outside of the recognition of the accomplishments.

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