The Robo-Lions are FIRST Robotics Competition Team 2199 with primarily High School students but advanced middle school students as well. They were founded in 2007 by Liberty High School Teacher Rose Young. In addition to building really cool robots to play competitive 3 on 3 games, the Robo-Lions share FIRST’s vision to “To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders.” The Robo-Lions have numerous programs in the community to inspire youngsters to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics careers.

The Robo-Lions were affiliated with Liberty HS until 2011; however with Mrs. Young going to another school, the teams adult mentors formed an IRS code 501(c)(3) Educational Not for Profit called “Partnership and Inspiration for Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship” or PIE³ for short, with the Robo-Lions becoming a community team accepting public, private, and home schooled students from Carroll County and surrounding areas. Today the Robo-Lions are the lead team of PIE³, which has a number of FIRST Tech Challenge (primarily middle school students) and FIRST Lego League teams (K-8 grades) all community based. PIE³ maintains a close relationship with Carroll County Public Schools and pursues a joint grant with the Maryland State Department of Education to support FIRST teams in Carroll County.