B-EN-G signed a sponsorship contract with NPO SAKURA Tempesta in October 2024 and began supporting the activities of the SAKURA Tempesta robotics team, a junior and senior high school student robotics team belonging to the organization. This sponsorship contract is one of B-EN-G 's important efforts to achieve its purpose of "increasing the number of creative industries in the world."
Saku-La-Tenpesta, which signed a sponsorship contract with us, is committed to participating in robot competitions and nurturing the next generation of engineers under the philosophy of "creating a society where change can be enjoyed." The overlapping vision of the future that B-EN-G and Saku-La-Tenpesta are aiming for led to this contract.
About SAKURA Tempesta
SAKURA Tempesta is a robotics team for junior and senior high school students founded in Chiba Prefecture in 2017. They participated in the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) in 2018, and became the first Japanese team to win both the Rookie Inspiration Award and the Rookie All-Star Award, both of which are rookie awards. Since then, they have continued to achieve remarkable success, including qualifying to compete in the FRC World Championships four times, the most of any Japanese team.
Furthermore, the company continues to steadily expand the scope of its activities, winning the 2nd Inspire Award at the FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC), which it participated in for the first time in 2024.
SAKURA Tempesta: https://www.sakura-tempesta.org/
About Robocon and FRC
Robocon (Robot Contest) is an educational event in which participants compete with robots they have built themselves. The focus is not only on acquiring engineering knowledge and skills, but also on developing problem-solving skills and teamwork, and various types of competitions are held around the world. Competitions aimed at younger generations in particular play an important role as a forum for nurturing the next generation of engineers.
Among these, the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) is the world's largest student robotics competition, organized by the US non-profit organization FIRST®. A different competition theme is announced every year, and participating teams work on designing and building a full-scale robot comparable to industrial robots within a limited period of two to three months. It is not just a technical competition, but also places emphasis on improving teamwork, leadership, and communication skills, and is highly regarded worldwide as a place to train the next generation of engineers.
A wide range of social contribution activities beyond the student body
SAKURA Tempesta The activities of are not limited to success in competitions, FRC ・ FTC He is also involved in the launch of the Japan Team Community, and is helping to promote exchanges between junior and senior high school Robocon teams across the country and improve their technical skills. In addition, he works with sponsoring companies, schools, and local governments to plan and manage workshops on robot construction and programming, STEAM※ "Education" awareness-raising activities are carried out, 510 More than 100,000 elementary, junior high and high school students STEAM Provided education.
Also, 2024 In 2018, we also participated in academic conferences. 6 At the Japan Color Science Association in May, I gave a presentation on the topic of "Learning and Understanding Color Vision Diversity and Media Universal Design" and won a special presentation award. 9 At the Robotics Society of Japan in January, we won the best poster award. SAKURA Tempesta The knowledge and insight gained through Robocon activities is highly regarded not only in the field of engineering but in a wide range of other fields.
*Science (Science), Technology (Technology),engineering(Engineering), Arts and Liberal Arts (Arts), Mathematics (Mathematics)of5It is an educational philosophy that adds creativity education to science and mathematics education targeting four areas.
Overview of B-EN-G's visit and opinion exchange meeting
In December 2024, members of SAKURA Tempesta visited the B-EN-G office to report on the results of their activities to date and their future prospects. The members gave an enthusiastic explanation of their experiences at international competitions and their social contribution activities through STEAM workshops and other activities.
During the interaction with B-EN-G members, there was a lively exchange of opinions about each other's project management methods and the use of tools. It appears that the dialogue with employees who are active as IT engineers provided new insights and discoveries. B-EN-G members who participated in the networking event commented, "They use the tools efficiently, putting working professionals to shame. We were also impressed by how polished their presentations were and how precise their Q&A sessions were."
B-EN-G will continue to support SAKURA Tempesta, contributing to the development of the next generation of engineers and science and engineering education, aiming to realize a creative society. In addition to financial support, we plan to provide multifaceted support, such as co-hosting events. Please look forward to SAKURA Tempesta 's future activities.
