Robotex history
Robotex International is the greatest robotics competition on the Planet that for the first time was held in 2001 at Taltech Assembly Hall. Over the years, competitions have been held in various fields: line following, labyrinth passing, volleyball, rope climbing, room cleaning, football, sea rescue mission, and other tasks. The competition has had participants from several high schools and universities, companies, and also from abroad.
In 2008, the event moved to the premises of Taltech Sports Hall, where larger area and better conditions were ensured. In addition to competitions, various expositions, exhibitions, and
workshops for young people took place.
Since 2010, the event is held several days, enabling to organise competitions with different degree of difficulty and bring all robotics, science and engineering enthusiasts together.
Since 2008, Technology exhibition has also taken place under the event of Robotex. Several well-known companies and organisations on a global scale have cooperated to make it happen.
In 2015 Robotex gained the unofficial title of being the biggest robotics competition in Europe.
