# Team 1523: MARS (Mega Awesome Robotic Systems)

Jupiter, Florida, USA. Rookie year 2005.

## Who backs them

- School: William T Dwyer High School & Palm Beach Gardens Cmty HS & Jupiter Cmty High School
- Sponsors: John C. Bills Properties, Motorola Solutions Foundation, COMCAST NBCUniversal
- Website: http://www.marsbot.org
- X: https://twitter.com/frc1523mars
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc1523mars

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **27.32**, rank 2244 of 3708 (39.5th percentile)
- Record: 14-9-1 over 24 matches (58% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 5.6, teleop 21.7, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orlando Regional | 2026flor | 3 | 24 | 4-3-1 | 16 |  | 22.3 |  | 14 |
| South Florida Regional | 2026flwp | 6 | 20 | 5-5-0 | 21 | 1 | 27.3 |  | 45 |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Winners (2026flwp)

## 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.

- 2016 – now: MARS (Mega Awesome Robotic Systems)
- 2012 – 2015: Mega Awesome Robotic Systems (MARS)
- 2005 – 2011: Mega Awesome Robotic Systems

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 16, over 14 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 4 | 2024, 2017, 2015, 2006 |
| Imagery | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Website (no longer given) | 3 | 2012, 2011, 2010 |
| Winner | 1 | 2026 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2013 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2009 |
| Impact | 1 | 2008 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2007 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | Orlando Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Orlando Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | South Florida Regional  | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Turing Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | South Florida Regional  | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | South Florida Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Orlando Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Tesla Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2015 | South Florida Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | South Florida Regional  | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2013 | Orlando Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | Florida Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Florida Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Florida Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Florida Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2007 | Florida Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Florida Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2005 | Florida Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 27.3 | 2244 / 3708 | 39.5 | 14-9-1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 34.2 | 1497 / 3687 | 59.4 | 12-15-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 19.4 | 1190 / 3475 | 65.8 | 14-10-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 29.0 | 1413 / 3284 | 57.0 | 10-16-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 9.2 | 2186 / 3053 | 28.4 | 11-11-1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 18.9 | 1252 / 3763 | 66.7 | 10-16-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 116.1 | 383 / 3617 | 89.4 | 13-9-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 111.8 | 250 / 3331 | 92.5 | 22-16-0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 32.8 | 763 / 3114 | 75.5 | 7-11-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 59.8 | 108 / 2873 | 96.3 | 0-2-35 | 3 |
| 2014 | 55.4 | 247 / 2697 | 90.9 | 13-13-0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 51.2 | 99 / 2510 | 96.1 | 20-11-0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 17.6 | 145 / 2332 | 93.8 | 18-11-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 13.0 | 635 / 2053 | 69.1 | 6-5-1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1.2 | 835 / 1801 | 53.7 | 6-3-1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 14.6 | 1102 / 1675 | 34.2 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 13.9 | 603 / 1498 | 59.8 | 10-7-1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 9.4 | 507 / 1295 | 60.9 | 11-11-0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 15.9 | 194 / 1125 | 82.8 | 13-11-0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 9.0 | 361 / 747 | 51.7 | 4-5-1 | 1 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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