Our Story
In 2005, at the request of numerous FIRST LEGO League® teams, Maine Robotics developed a spring time activity to keep Maine youth active in the robotics realm for a second season. Having run the FLL since 2000 in Maine, we knew we wanted something that would be easy on the adults, but rewarding and fun for the youth.
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The result was the start of the Maine Robotics Track Meet program. In 2017 we chose to expand the program outside of Maine and worked to refine our rule book and update our website. As part of the expansion we also changed the name to the ROBOT TRACK MEET ASSOCIATION. We hope in twenty years we'll see track meets across the country and across all age groups.
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While the Robot Track Meet Association is its own entity, it still operates out of the Maine Robotics headquarters in Orono, Maine. Maine Robotics and the Robot Track Meet Association are both non-profit entities, but the RTMA uses Maine Robotics as its fiscal sponsor, at least for this year.