# Team 1699: Robocats Colchester, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 2005. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Bacon Academy - Sponsors: Dominion Energy, ReadyCT, Gene Haas Foundation, Pratt and Whitney, TrueFlow, ABB, Tsunami Tsolutions - Website: http://robocats.wix.com/team1699robocats - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team1699robocats - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robocats1699 - GitHub: https://github.com/first-team-1699 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **167.07**, rank 186 of 3708 (95.0th percentile) - Record: 31-19-0 over 50 matches (62% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 22.4, teleop 144.7, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 97%, RP2 44% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NE District URI Event | 2026rikin | 3 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 28 | 4 | 138.5 | 53 | | | NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 40 | 3 | 146.4 | 51 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 46 | 4 | 167.1 | 96 | | | CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 1 | 6-0-0 | 27 | 1 | 209.1 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026rikin) - Industrial Design Award (2026cthar) - Quality Award (2026rikin) ## 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. - 2013 – now: Robocats - 2005 – 2012: Robocat ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 22, over 12 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 4 | 2023, 2014, 2011 | | Finalist | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2016 | | Safety (no longer given) | 3 | 2015, 2012, 2010 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2026, 2022 | | Quality | 2 | 2026, 2025 | | Autonomous | 2 | 2024, 2023 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2024 | | Leadership | 1 | 2023 | | Imagery | 1 | 2018 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2016 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2016 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - WILSON Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Calcium Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District Hartford Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | NE District Western NE Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2018 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | NE District - North Shore Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2016 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - North Shore Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - Pioneer Valley Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Southington District Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Groton District Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2013 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2011 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Boston Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Boston Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Boston Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 167.1 | 186 / 3708 | 95.0 | 31-19-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 65.9 | 307 / 3687 | 91.7 | 26-22-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 39.5 | 102 / 3475 | 97.1 | 33-17-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 47.8 | 422 / 3284 | 87.2 | 34-19-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 21.8 | 881 / 3053 | 71.2 | 20-21-1 | 3 | | 2019 | 12.2 | 2845 / 3763 | 24.4 | 10-13-1 | 2 | | 2018 | 109.1 | 593 / 3617 | 83.6 | 21-22-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 95.5 | 741 / 3331 | 77.8 | 9-14-1 | 3 | | 2016 | 34.4 | 633 / 3114 | 79.7 | 22-24-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 42.1 | 387 / 2873 | 86.6 | 0-0-28 | 3 | | 2014 | 36.2 | 792 / 2697 | 70.7 | 15-19-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 29.8 | 520 / 2510 | 79.3 | 16-12-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 12.6 | 424 / 2332 | 81.9 | 12-12-2 | 2 | | 2011 | 19.3 | 389 / 2053 | 81.1 | 17-10-1 | 2 | | 2010 | 0.8 | 1167 / 1801 | 35.2 | 8-7-4 | 2 | | 2009 | 14.1 | 1170 / 1675 | 30.2 | 9-6-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 7.2 | 1192 / 1498 | 20.4 | 9-9-1 | 2 | | 2007 | 6.7 | 730 / 1295 | 43.7 | 6-9-2 | 2 | | 2006 | 4.3 | 940 / 1125 | 16.5 | 3-7-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 5.2 | 594 / 747 | 20.5 | 4-5-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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