Ma and Pa's Blog

We had a very brief, but fun-filled visit from the Lima Steidls.   Here are a few pictures.

Just thought I’d share these few video clips from our January visit.  I know I enjoy watching them over and over.

Fun with Grandson from Pa on Vimeo.

Today was the big competition at Case, and Hoban’s performance was very respectable.   A 4th place was achieved through an admirable effort at the event.   The originally planned algorithms could not be completed in time (lessons learned for next year) and an overnight rewrite was incomplete when we left for the event this AM.   To make it worse, the robot was left at home — prompting an emergency call to, and courier run by, a team member’s mother (God bless her!).  Program tuning throughout the day was successful and got the team into the final-four runoff.   Everyone was pumped, and the underclass team members are already planning for next year.

Lego Robotics Competition from Pa on Vimeo.

I know, it’s pathetic that all we talk about lately is the weather. At least this time, we’re not complaining. After the groundhog predicted 6 more weeks of winter, we’re getting a welcome reprieve — for a few days only, I’m sure.