# Team 1504: Desperate Penguins Okemos, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2005. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Okemos High School - Sponsors: General Motors, Dow, Molex, Gene Haas Foundation - Website: http://team1504.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc1504 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **27.49**, rank 2249 of 3708 (39.4th percentile) - Record: 7-17-0 over 24 matches (29% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 8.8, teleop 18.7, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 20%, RP2 5% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | 2026miber | 3 | 34 | 3-9-0 | 13 | | 23.7 | 6 | | | FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | 2026mimas | 4 | 32 | 4-8-0 | 17 | | 27.5 | 9 | | ## Name history Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team. - 2007 – now: Desperate Penguins - 2006: GEOmotion - 2005: Spartan Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 0 - Awards: 17, over 11 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Innovation in Control | 3 | 2013, 2009 | | Finalist | 3 | 2012, 2008, 2007 | | Judges' | 2 | 2022, 2007 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2010, 2008 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2025 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2019 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2017 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2015 | | Creativity | 1 | 2012 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2009 | | Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2009 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIM District Mason Event presented by LIFT | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 presented by Haas Foundation | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Lansing Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 presented by The Gene Haas Foundation | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIM District Saline Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District Lakeview Event #1 presented by Parker-Hannifin | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Lansing Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 presented by Ford | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIM District Lansing Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Belleville Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Lansing Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Lansing Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Gull Lake Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Ann Arbor Skyline Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Lansing Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | FIM District - Gull Lake Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four | | 2015 | FIM District - Howell Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Lansing FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Howell FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Southfield FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2013 | Michigan FRC State Championship | | Not picked | | 2013 | Grand Blanc FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Michigan FRC State Championship | | Not picked | | 2012 | Detroit FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2012 | Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2011 | Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition State Championship | | Not picked | | 2011 | Ann Arbor FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | West Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2010 | Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Michigan FIRST Robotics Competition State Championship | | Not picked | | 2009 | West Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2009 | Lansing FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2009 | Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | West Michigan Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2007 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | West Michigan Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2007 | Great Lakes Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | Detroit Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2005 | West Michigan Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 27.5 | 2249 / 3708 | 39.4 | 7-17-0 | 2 | | 2025 | 33.6 | 1477 / 3687 | 60.0 | 12-16-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 18.0 | 1307 / 3475 | 62.4 | 10-16-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 29.3 | 1372 / 3284 | 58.2 | 12-17-1 | 3 | | 2022 | 13.8 | 1476 / 3053 | 51.7 | 13-12-1 | 2 | | 2019 | 19.5 | 1185 / 3763 | 68.5 | 15-14-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 91.8 | 1254 / 3617 | 65.3 | 12-15-1 | 4 | | 2017 | 108.0 | 366 / 3331 | 89.0 | 12-17-1 | 2 | | 2016 | 23.5 | 1743 / 3114 | 44.0 | 11-17-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 19.0 | 1355 / 2873 | 52.9 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 | | 2014 | 37.3 | 676 / 2697 | 75.0 | 13-27-1 | 4 | | 2013 | 47.9 | 135 / 2510 | 94.7 | 19-21-1 | 4 | | 2012 | 18.1 | 141 / 2332 | 94.0 | 32-23-1 | 4 | | 2011 | 13.8 | 525 / 2053 | 74.5 | 20-19-2 | 3 | | 2010 | 1.6 | 520 / 1801 | 71.2 | 10-15-1 | 2 | | 2009 | 22.0 | 287 / 1675 | 82.9 | 25-22-0 | 4 | | 2008 | 26.0 | 105 / 1498 | 93.1 | 21-14-1 | 4 | | 2007 | 9.6 | 436 / 1295 | 66.4 | 18-15-2 | 3 | | 2006 | 17.5 | 145 / 1125 | 87.2 | 18-12-0 | 2 | | 2005 | 6.6 | 483 / 747 | 35.4 | 4-6-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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