# Team 1502: Technical Difficulties Chelsea, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2005. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Chelsea High School - Sponsors: Chelsea School District, Thrivent: Pathfinder Consultants, Bosch, VanHevel Family, Stephen & Kathleen Eberle, Craige Butcher, Kepler Eberle - Website: https://www.chelsearobotics.org/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chelsea-robotics - X: https://twitter.com/chelsearobots - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc_1502 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **96.14**, rank 662 of 3708 (82.2th percentile) - Record: 18-23-0 over 41 matches (44% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 16.3, teleop 77.9, endgame 1.9 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 73%, RP2 16% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Chelsea Event presented by DTE | 2026miche | 1 | 26 | 5-7-0 | 23 | | 52.3 | 21 | | | FIM District Battle Creek Event presented by BlueOval Battery Park Michigan | 2026mibat | 4 | 15 | 6-6-0 | 27 | 5 | 91.3 | 34 | | | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | 2026micmp1 | 7 | 16 | 6-6-0 | 35 | 4 | 96.1 | 69 | | | Wolverine Robotics Competition | 2026miwrc | 22 | 33 | 0-6-0 | 1 | 3 | 106.1 | | | | 2026 Michigan Advanced Robotics Competition (MARC) | 2026marc | 24 | 10 | 7-8-0 | 32 | 2 | 85.8 | | | | Kettering Kickoff - Day 2 2026 | 2026mifli2 | 28 | 19 | 3-5-0 | 13 | 8 | 118.2 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026miche) - Finalist (2026marc) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026mibat) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mibat) - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026marc) - Quality Award (2026micmp1) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 7 - Awards: 26, over 15 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Impact | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2015 | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2026, 2023, 2016 | | Creativity | 3 | 2024, 2018, 2006 | | Leadership | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Judges' | 2 | 2025, 2011 | | Finalist | 2 | 2022, 2007 | | Winner | 2 | 2022, 2014 | | Quality | 1 | 2026 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2022 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2022 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2009 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIM District Battle Creek Event presented by BlueOval Battery Park Michigan | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIM District Chelsea Event presented by DTE | | Not picked | | 2025 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIM District Saline Event presented by DTE | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIM District Central Michigan University Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | FIM District Ann Arbor Event presented by DTE | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | FIM District Saline Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District Jackson Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | | Not picked | | 2022 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Saline Event presented by DTE | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | FIM District Milford Event presented by GM Proving Grounds | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2020 | FIM District Jackson Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIM District Lincoln Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIM District Belleville Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | FIM District Lincoln Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | FIM District Southfield Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIM District - Howell Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Ann Arbor Pioneer Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Lansing Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIM District - Standish-Sterling Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | Tesla Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship | Alliance 11 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | FIM District - Lansing Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | FIM District - West Michigan Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Bedford FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | St. Joseph FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2014 | Southfield FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Livonia FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Northville FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Ann Arbor FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2011 | Detroit FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Detroit FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2010 | Ann Arbor FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2009 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | West Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Lansing FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Newton Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | St. Louis Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Detroit Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2007 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | Great Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | West Michigan Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | Great Lakes Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 96.1 | 662 / 3708 | 82.2 | 18-23-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 45.6 | 896 / 3687 | 75.7 | 25-25-0 | 7 | | 2024 | 16.6 | 1501 / 3475 | 56.8 | 18-25-1 | 4 | | 2023 | 30.3 | 1319 / 3284 | 59.9 | 11-15-1 | 2 | | 2022 | 36.1 | 230 / 3053 | 92.5 | 33-28-2 | 4 | | 2020 | 6.8 | 1889 / 2024 | 6.7 | 2-10-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 13.7 | 2437 / 3763 | 35.2 | 9-14-1 | 2 | | 2018 | 53.7 | 3144 / 3617 | 13.1 | 10-14-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 87.2 | 1084 / 3331 | 67.5 | 14-13-1 | 2 | | 2016 | 25.9 | 1491 / 3114 | 52.1 | 13-15-1 | 3 | | 2015 | 54.9 | 152 / 2873 | 94.7 | 0-0-57 | 5 | | 2014 | 19.1 | 1855 / 2697 | 31.2 | 22-27-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 21.7 | 856 / 2510 | 65.9 | 14-16-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 9.4 | 698 / 2332 | 70.1 | 13-18-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 10.3 | 804 / 2053 | 60.9 | 16-21-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 1.0 | 987 / 1801 | 45.2 | 9-12-3 | 2 | | 2009 | 22.4 | 277 / 1675 | 83.5 | 22-22-2 | 4 | | 2008 | 16.6 | 403 / 1498 | 73.1 | 13-14-0 | 5 | | 2007 | 2.3 | 1124 / 1295 | 13.2 | 17-19-1 | 3 | | 2006 | 4.7 | 908 / 1125 | 19.3 | 17-15-0 | 3 | | 2005 | 7.5 | 448 / 747 | 40.1 | 6-11-2 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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