Previous event report

Sumida STEAM Fes 2025January 11, 2026

The previous festival at iU Sumida Campus welcomed 413 participants, with FTC matches between 12 student teams and exhibits and activities from 15 organizations.

RESULTS

The previous event in numbers

Total participants: 413Including 225 general visitors
FTC teams: 12
Matches: 25
Exhibiting organizations: 15

EXHIBITS AND ACTIVITIES

What visitors could see and try

Robots, cars, life science and making.

A child operating a penguin-shaped robot with staff

Try | Robot operation

Operate a student-built robot

Visitors operated the penguin-shaped robot “Kisapen” and saw how it responded to their controls.

Kisarazu KOSEN Robotics Club

Children checking how a small robot moves along a course

Try | Programming

Program a small robot

Visitors wrote programs on a computer, then checked how the Corobo Lite robot moved around a course.

Robot: Corobo Lite

A child making a badge with a model press, watched by an exhibitor and a parent

Try | Badge making

Make a badge using a model press

Visitors made badges with a model press and observed how the machine worked.

Enomoto Kiko × Takahashi Racing

A child watching a student demonstrate a LEGO robot

See | LEGO robotics exhibit (FLL)

Discover the ideas inside a LEGO robot

Competition robots, interchangeable attachments and records from competitions introduced the team’s engineering ideas.

TEAM NARI-ITA Aster

Visitors listening to an explanation of synthetic biology in front of an iGEM Keio poster

Talk | Science research

What could microorganisms do?

A university research team introduced “The Tree of Synthetic Biology,” an idea project about possible functions for microorganisms.

iGEM Keio

Visitors listening to Chiba University Formula Project students in front of vehicle parts and panels

See & talk | Parts and project display

See parts from a student-built racing car

University students introduced their Formula Student project, vehicle parts and the design and manufacturing process.

Chiba University Formula Project

A visitor receiving a brochure at the Mitou program booth

Talk | Program introduction

Meet “Mitou,” a program for young creators

IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan) introduced the Mitou program, which supports young people with original ideas and skills in IT.

IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan)

A student team adjusting an FTC robot — Students working on a robot at the previous event

FTC ROBOTICS

12 student teams,
25 matches

At the previous event, 12 student teams took part in the FTC Japan Scrimmage and played 25 matches. The scrimmage returns on January 10, 2027, and you can watch the matches at the venue.

Explore FTC robotics

Next event

Sunday, January 10, 2027
at iU Sumida Campus

Admission and all activities are free. Registration takes about a minute and can be done at the venue on the day.