HWMBO, justifiably proud of Prince C and his accomplishments, attended the events in Baltimore on Saturday and was thus able to witness the prowess of the Robo-Lions and their intrepid little robot "2199" firsthand.
Proud Dad Big B also forwarded a video news clip from the local Fox affiliate, which featured Prince C and his team. Although I am not a fan of the national "Faux Noise" right-wing propaganda channel generally, their local news coverage can be decent, especially when they allow events to tell their own story, as in the clip. It was fun to see our own family TV star!
HWMBO reports that the Robo-Lions, working in tandem with two other teams, did very well. Their defeat came in the second tier of the competition when the teams had to compete with two robots rather than three (one was still rebooting when it was time to compete) against another set of teams with a fully-fleshed out group of three robots. Even then, the Robo-Lion-alliance managed to achieve a respectable score of 85, which might have been a winning score in other competitions. Unfortunately for them, however, the alliance against which they were pitted scored 115 points. Having one less robot was clearly a determining factor.
But trusty little "2199" did very well even though the Robo-Lions did not win the competition this year. Of the 60 robotics teams taking part in the tourney, the final ranking for the Robo-Lions was 18. It's a young team and we all look forward to even greater achievements from them!
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