# Team 173: RAGE Robotics ⚙️ Tolland, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 1995. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Tolland High School & Ellington High School - Sponsors: Triumph, Pratt & Whitney, A Raytheon Technologies Company, Intuitive Foundation, CNC Software - Website: http://ragerobotics.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ragerobotics - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ragerobotics173 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **76.75**, rank 916 of 3708 (75.3th percentile) - Record: 21-23-0 over 44 matches (48% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 15.4, teleop 61.2, endgame 0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 58%, RP2 12% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NE District Western NE Event | 2026mawne | 2 | 28 | 6-6-0 | 20 | 8 | 41.7 | 28 | | | NE District Waterbury Event | 2026ctwat | 3 | 11 | 7-5-0 | 27 | 5 | 58.6 | 45 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 38 | 4-8-0 | 24 | | 76.8 | 27 | | | CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 22 | 1-5-0 | 9 | 6 | 85.9 | | | | BattleCry at WPI (May) | 2026bc | 13 | 17 | 5-4-0 | 23 | 11 | 87.5 | | | | Where is Wolcott Invitational | 2026wiwi | 15 | 3 | 5-1-0 | 17 | 2 | 78.4 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026mawne) - Quality Award (2026ctwat) ## 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. - 2019 – now: RAGE Robotics ⚙️ - 2017 – 2018: RAGE Robotics - 2016: RAGE (Robotics And Gadget Engineering) - 2015: RAGE (Robotics & Gadget Eng) - 2004 – 2014: R.A.G.E. (Robotics & Gadget Engineering) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 9 - Awards: 35, over 17 seasons - Einstein appearances: 2 (2002, 2007) | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 8 | 2024, 2017, 2015, 2007, 2005, 2002 | | Finalist | 6 | 2019, 2010, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 | | Leadership | 2 | 2023 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2019, 2016 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2017, 2012 | | Judges' | 2 | 2008, 2002 | | #1 Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2002, 2000 | | Impact | 1 | 2026 | | Quality | 1 | 2026 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2019 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2007 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2005 | | Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 | | Creativity | 1 | 2003 | | Imagery | 1 | 2003 | | Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2003 | | Teacher Pioneer (no longer given) | 1 | 1999 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | | Not picked | | 2026 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace | | Not picked | | 2025 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2024 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District Rhode Island Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | NE District Central Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event | | Not picked | | 2020 | NE District Northern CT Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District Rhode Island Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2017 | NE District - North Shore Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | NE District - WPI Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | NE District - Reading Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2014 | Hartford District Event | | Not picked | | 2014 | Southington District Event | | Not picked | | 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | | Not picked | | 2013 | WPI Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2010 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2009 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2009 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Boston Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | Suffield Shakedown | | Top four | | 2007 | Einstein Field | | Top four | | 2007 | Galileo Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2007 | Boston Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Galileo Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2005 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2005 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2004 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2004 | New Jersey Regional | | | | 2003 | Newton Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2003 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | | Out before the top four | | 2003 | UTC New England Regional | | Top four | | 2002 | Einstein Field | | Won the event | | 2002 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2002 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2002 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 76.8 | 916 / 3708 | 75.3 | 21-23-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 45.0 | 927 / 3687 | 74.9 | 18-23-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 22.9 | 882 / 3475 | 74.6 | 21-23-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 25.3 | 1680 / 3284 | 48.9 | 8-18-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 15.3 | 1420 / 3053 | 53.5 | 13-11-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 16.3 | 1416 / 2024 | 30.1 | 5-9-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 26.3 | 300 / 3763 | 92.1 | 31-25-0 | 6 | | 2018 | 106.8 | 689 / 3617 | 81.0 | 13-13-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 97.8 | 632 / 3331 | 81.1 | 24-20-1 | 6 | | 2016 | 43.1 | 219 / 3114 | 93.0 | 12-18-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 46.2 | 292 / 2873 | 89.9 | 2-1-56 | 5 | | 2014 | 22.3 | 1603 / 2697 | 40.6 | 5-19-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 17.6 | 1111 / 2510 | 55.8 | 10-11-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 12.1 | 454 / 2332 | 80.6 | 15-11-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 21.4 | 328 / 2053 | 84.1 | 10-10-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 0.8 | 1134 / 1801 | 37.1 | 16-16-1 | 2 | | 2009 | 12.8 | 1345 / 1675 | 19.7 | 9-14-0 | 3 | | 2008 | 12.6 | 698 / 1498 | 53.4 | 18-18-0 | 5 | | 2007 | 18.1 | 160 / 1295 | 87.7 | 23-18-0 | 5 | | 2006 | 19.5 | 106 / 1125 | 90.7 | 12-13-1 | 4 | | 2005 | 19.8 | 14 / 747 | 98.3 | 20-11-0 | 3 | | 2004 | 41.5 | 62 / 932 | 93.4 | 16-15-0 | 4 | | 2003 | 21.2 | 258 / 785 | 67.2 | 22-15-1 | 3 | | 2002 | 14.3 | 5 / 641 | 99.4 | 38-14-0 | 4 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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