Wanted to join in on the heat maps, here is New England First represented.
Note: This is only FRC teams
2024 - 185 Teams
CT - 47
MA - 69
ME - 19
NH - 39
RI - 5
VT - 6
According to the FIRST API, NE had 185 teams in 2023 and 185 in 2024 so no change in total number. However, 5 new teams have joined!
Just curious, do you have on hand what 5 teams that have ceased operations?
So checking more closely we lost 8 teams
1124 - UberBots
4034 - Pelham πthons
4628 - Sintian Robotics
6763 - Fusion
7795 - Norse Code
7822 - General Robotics
8167 - Cognatives
9216 - D.A.R.T.
5 new rookies
9710 - Discovery PolyBotz
9644 - NEIA Robotics
9443 - Aluminum Panthers
9732 - The New School Robotics
9729 - Knights
3 other new / returning teams that didn’t compete in 2023
1119 - Pup Cups
6691 - Torque
8421 - CRUSADERS
The Pup Cups (1119) are the new sibling team for the Walpole Timberwolves (1153).
8167 - Cognatives
This team moved to FTC.
This is some cool data!
You inspired me to take a peek at calculating the team density center of NE - it’s specifically 42.56398911105415 N, -72.19530354189757 W (google maps)
That’s ~39 miles from the venue for DCMP.
If anyone is interested, the code I used to get this number is here: Find Team Center for District ($3635028) · Snippets · GitLab
This is just north of middle of nowhere Massachusetts.
Funny that the geographic center is in a county that has no FRC teams.
Interestingly, the closest FRC team to the geographic center of all teams in the NE District is 5491 - Hard Reset. Although if Athol MA ever gets an FRC team, this thread is a great starting point for some team-name inspiration
This is almost just a population map. Looks like Providence is under-represented relative to population, but I’d bet that changes in the next few years.
I am not sure about population of the Cape or possible teams there; they’re not exactly close to anything.
This is actually a little further north (and west) than I was expecting. Cool!
Kinda, but I would think that the population of New England would be really centered around Boston, and this is a bit more spread out than that.
I’m not sure that looking at counties is really the best visualization for this. It might be helpful to look by town, or just density of surrounding area or the like. I’m not sure exactly what, just saying that it might look different with different boundaries.
I’m also curious about locations of the New England volunteer pool. I know that in the extremes, like Pine Tree up north and Waterbury down southwest, it can be hard to find enough volunteers. (And well, it’s not a surprise that Maine has relatively low population density, but the arbitrary lines marking the New England District mean that potential volunteers in New York probably aren’t as aware that they could be helpful in nearby New England events.)
I’ve volunteered at the Waterbury district event every year since 2015 and I haven’t noticed any shortage of volunteers. This doesn’t surprise me, given the concentration of FRC teams in New Haven and Hartford counties.
From 230 and their alumni alone it’s common to see a pit administrator, a referee, a couple queuers, an MC, a scorekeeper, and a few robot inspectors.
An alumna is also the volunteer coordinator at a couple of events.
6763 has joined 131.
Relative to state population (and perhaps unsurprisingly) NH has double the number of teams compared to the next highest New England state. Per million: NH 27.9, ME 13.6, CT 12.7, MA 9.9, VT 9.2, RI 5
You know, I think you’re right and I will take back saying that Waterbury has trouble getting volunteers. I think in my mind I was remembering many years ago where it was hard to find some key roles, but over the past years I think that the volunteer pool has grown enough that it isn’t any more of an issue than any other event.
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