# Team 1708: AMP'D Robotics McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA. Rookie year 2005. ## Who backs them - School: Mckeesport Area High School - Sponsors: Boeing, The McKeesport Foundation, DOW - Website: http://www.team1708.com/ ## 2026 season - xP rating: **83.55**, rank 795 of 3708 (78.6th percentile) - Record: 9-15-0 over 24 matches (38% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 10.0, teleop 73.5, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 58%, RP2 12% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | 2026paca | 3 | 24 | 4-4-0 | 17 | 8 | 65.5 | | 22 | | Utah Regional | 2026utwv | 7 | 28 | 3-7-0 | 18 | 7 | 83.6 | | 21 | ### Awards in 2026 - Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (2026paca) ## 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. - 2011 – now: AMP'D Robotics - 2010: AMPED Robotics - 2005 – 2009: Natural Selection ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 15, over 11 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 3 | 2023, 2013, 2005 | | Finalist | 3 | 2022, 2015, 2011 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2017 | | Imagery | 1 | 2016 | | Leadership | 1 | 2016 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2014 | | Quality | 1 | 2013 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2010 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2005 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Utah Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional presented by Argo AI | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2022 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2020 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Queen City Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2014 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2013 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2012 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2011 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2011 | Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Pittsburgh Regional | | Top four | | 2005 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2005 | Pittsburgh Regional | | | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 83.5 | 795 / 3708 | 78.6 | 9-15-0 | 2 | | 2025 | 43.2 | 991 / 3687 | 73.1 | 11-15-0 | 2 | | 2024 | 21.0 | 1026 / 3475 | 70.5 | 11-12-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 36.0 | 947 / 3284 | 71.2 | 16-22-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 12.9 | 1603 / 3053 | 47.5 | 9-8-0 | 1 | | 2020 | 33.7 | 687 / 2024 | 66.1 | 7-4-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 23.6 | 592 / 3763 | 84.3 | 11-11-1 | 5 | | 2018 | 100.3 | 937 / 3617 | 74.1 | 5-4-0 | 1 | | 2017 | 69.6 | 1864 / 3331 | 44.1 | 9-13-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 27.3 | 1277 / 3114 | 59.0 | 5-14-1 | 3 | | 2015 | 14.3 | 1834 / 2873 | 36.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 | | 2014 | 40.3 | 589 / 2697 | 78.2 | 8-19-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 45.7 | 157 / 2510 | 93.8 | 24-14-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 7.0 | 903 / 2332 | 61.3 | 6-6-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 14.6 | 496 / 2053 | 75.9 | 23-17-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 0.4 | 1609 / 1801 | 10.7 | 4-15-4 | 2 | | 2009 | 15.8 | 905 / 1675 | 46.0 | 3-9-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 11.1 | 788 / 1498 | 47.4 | 8-5-1 | 1 | | 2007 | 6.0 | 762 / 1295 | 41.2 | 7-5-0 | 1 | | 2006 | 5.7 | 849 / 1125 | 24.6 | 5-9-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 5.2 | 588 / 747 | 21.3 | 7-9-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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