We had 11 teams at the Oakland Robot Track Meet this last Saturday and we had a great time.  Special thanks to the Messalonskee Middle School for hosting us and to the Infinite Loop high school Robotics Team for volunteering.

Our overall Meet Champions were the Robo Falcons from Gardiner with 3 firsts, 1 second, and 1 third place finish (12 points total) and the second place Meet Champions were the Winthrop Ramblers with 3 first places, and 2 third places (11 points total).  Awesome job by both teams!

The results can be found below, but here are a few highlights:
   The RoboFalcons (Makayla) had an awesome 2:38 on the robot speed build
   The RoboFalcons (Riann, Haily, Jared, Kyle) climbed an amazing 77.5 degrees in the slope climber.
   Team Bazinga (Josh) had three perfect runs in the table clearing competition.
   The Winthrop Ramblers (Ben, Phillip) blazed over the fastest robot with a 2.308 second run.
   We had 10 robot ping pong shot putters, including 3 in the independent class!
   The RoboFalcons and the RoboTigers both had robots in the strongest robot competition that could not only pull the 60 pounds, but one went on to pull 120 pounds and the other a full 200 pounds of weight! 

The second of three Maine Robot Track Meets was held at the Ellsworth Elementary/Middle School on Saturday, May 4th.  There were 10 teams with 80 students total! Making Ellsworth the largest of the three competitions this year.

We were joined by many parents, family members, and volunteers to help make the day a great day.
Like track meets everywhere, every 1st place earns a team 3 points; every 2nd place earns a team 2 points; and every 3rd place earns a team 1 point towards the Meet Champions award.

    With three 1st places and two 2nd places (13 points total) the Ellsworth winners were:
-   1st place Meet Champions - the "Break-A-LEGO" team from the Sedgwick Elementary School
    With two 1st places, one 2nd place, and two 3rd places (10 points total)
-   2nd place Meet Champions - the "Charlotte Rockin' Robots" from Charlotte Elementary School
    and with two 1st places and one 2nd place (8 points total)
-   3rd place Meet Champions - the "Ellsworth EMS" team from the Ellsworth Elementary and Middle School.

Here is a great slide show (with some movies thrown in) of the Ellsworth Robot Track Meet, held May 4th, 2013.  Just click the picture to follow the link to the show.  Thanks to Dave Perloff for putting this together and sharing it with us.

We learned this weekend that one of our robot track meet members lost everything in a house fire on April 27th.  We're seeking donations of LEGOs, other toys, or money to pass along to this family.  We've got a page set up with more information <here> Thanks, Tom

We had a great meet at the Memorial Middle School in South Portland on Saturday!  Eleven teams and over 70 students were competing in the 10 different events.
  - The Meet Champions, with 3 first places and 2 second places were: "We are Still Thinking of a Name" from Kennebunk! Congratulations to the team.
  - The 2nd place Meet Champions, with 2 first places, 1 second place, and 2 third places: "Oxford Hills Robotics Club" a homeschool team from Oxford!
  - The 3rd place Meet Champions, with 1 first place, 3 second places, and 1 third place: "Auburn Middle School Falcons"!

For all the results, look at the PDF results below!

Come share the fun and excitement at the Memorial Middle School in South Portland this Saturday, April 27th, as 10 teams battle out to see who built and programmed the best!

10 different events that teams have been getting ready for, including the all new "Walking Robot" competition.

Free for the public to come and watch.  Teams must be preregistered.  Visit the Track Meet Page.

Opening Ceremonies at 9:30 on Saturday.

Check out our new eNewsletter that talks about the two new robot kits due out this summer.  The VEX IQ kit and the LEGO EV3 kit.

They both look good and we can't wait to get our hands on them to give them a work out.

Read the eNewsletters <HERE>

Thanks to the help of some alert coaches, we were made aware of an issue with the online payment for the Maine Robotic Track Meets. We had incorrectly set up the online payment page so that no matter which track meet you selected what arrived in your cart was the South Portland track meet. While teams planning to go to the South Portland track meet did not have any problems with this, other teams were not as happy. We have fixed the online order page and teams can select the track meet of their choice.