news release<\/a>. <\/p>\n\u201cOur jungle engineers \u2014 a frog, a monkey, a jaguar and lemurs \u2014 work around the robot to bring it back to life,\u201d Aubrey Goings, president of the parade team at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, said in the statement. \u201cThey even incorporate fallen branches and plants into their repairs, symbolizing their acceptance of the robot into their ecosystem. A toucan, standing proudly atop a tree stump, is focused on the antenna of the robot, while also making sure everything below is going smoothly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith some inspiring teamwork, the robot flickers alive. In thanks, the robot lifts a vibrant macaw skyward, helping it take flight,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n
This year\u2019s entry was Cal Poly\u2019s 77th Rose Parade float. <\/p>\n
The Tournament of Roses awarded official honors to two dozen floats. The awards and their sponsors are as follows:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Americana Award: Travel South Dakota <\/p>\n
\u2014 Animation Award: Kindness is Free, powered by Boys & Girls Clubs of the West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside <\/p>\n
\u2014 Bob Hope Humor Award: City of Alhambra<\/p>\n
\u2014 Crown City Innovator: \u201cShrinking\u201d (Apple TV and Warner Bros. Television Production)<\/p>\n
\u2014 Director\u2019s Award: The UPS Store<\/p>\n
\u2014 Extraordinaire Award: San Francisco Travel Assn.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Fantasy Award: California Community Foundation and Black Freedom Fund (Artistic Entertainment Services)<\/p>\n
\u2014 Founder\u2019s Award: Downey Rose Float Assn.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Golden State Award: Odd Fellows & Rebekahs<\/p>\n
\u2014 Grand Marshal Award: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance<\/p>\n
\u2014 International Award: No award given<\/p>\n
\u2014 Isabella Coleman Award: Elks U.S.A.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Judges Award: Sierra Madre Rose Float Assn.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Leishman Public Spirit Award: America250<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mayor\u2019s Award: La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Assn.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Past President\u2019s Award: City of South Pasadena<\/p>\n
\u2014 President\u2019s Award: OneLegacy Donate Life<\/p>\n
\u2014 Princess Award: City of Torrance<\/p>\n
\u2014Queen\u2019s Award: City of Santa Fe Springs<\/p>\n
\u2014 Showmanship Award: Shriners Children\u2019s<\/p>\n
\u2014 Theme Award: City of Burbank <\/p>\n
\u2014 Tournament Volunteeer Award: Lions International<\/p>\n
\u2014 Wrigley Legacy Award: Trader Joe\u2019s <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cal Poly Universities float took top honors in the 137th Rose Parade on Thursday, winning the Sweepstakes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6758,61995,61993,1409,61994,14552,48,52,51,47,50,49,6283,30486,23066,60565,5079,11663,4574,61996,72],"class_list":{"0":"post-116462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-award","9":"tag-beautiful-entry","10":"tag-cal-poly-float","11":"tag-city","12":"tag-downey-rose-float-assn","13":"tag-honor","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-la-headlines","16":"tag-la-news","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","19":"tag-los-angeles-news","20":"tag-president","21":"tag-robot","22":"tag-rose-parade","23":"tag-roses","24":"tag-san-luis-obispo","25":"tag-south-pasadena","26":"tag-student","27":"tag-teamwork","28":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}