# Team 1796: RoboTigers

Queens, New York, USA. Rookie year 2006.

## Who backs them

- School: Queens Technical High School
- Sponsors: Boyce Technologies, Sunnyside Community Services, West Coast Products, Bloomberg, Gene Haas Foundation, BAE Systems, Turner Construction, RoboTigers Alumni Association
- Website: http://www.RoboTigers1796.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robotigers1796
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/team1796
- X: https://twitter.com/robotigers1796
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcchangethestory

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **235.28**, rank 22 of 3708 (99.4th percentile)
- Record: 48-7-0 over 55 matches (87% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 48.7, teleop 186.6, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 100%, RP2 65%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hudson Valley Regional | 2026nysu | 3 | 1 | 10-0-0 | 41 | 1 | 217.1 |  | 73 |
| Gotham Regional | 2026nyn2 | 6 | 1 | 9-1-0 | 41 | 1 | 237.1 |  | 73 |
| New York Tech Valley Regional | 2026nytr | 7 | 1 | 7-1-0 | 35 | 1 | 250.6 |  | 73 (not counted) |
| Newton Division | 2026new | 8 | 9 | 7-3-0 | 37 | 8 | 235.3 |  |  |
| BattleCry at WPI (June) | 2026bc2 | 14 | 1 | 8-1-0 | 44 | 1 | 226.6 |  |  |
| Where is Wolcott Invitational | 2026wiwi | 15 | 1 | 6-0-0 | 24 | 1 | 228.5 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Winners (2026nyn2)
- Regional Winners (2026nysu)
- Regional Winners (2026nytr)
- Quality Award (2026nyn2)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026nytr)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026nysu)

## 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: RoboTigers
- 2006 – 2010: ROBOTIGERS

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 30
- Awards: 58, over 16 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2017)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 23 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2009 |
| Autonomous | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2019 |
| Quality | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2019 |
| Impact | 4 | 2025, 2023, 2018, 2016 |
| Industrial Design | 4 | 2023, 2017, 2012 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2018 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2025, 2016, 2013 |
| Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2023, 2022, 2020 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2022, 2019 |
| Imagery | 2 | 2015, 2014 |
| Skills Finalist (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2019 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2018 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2011 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | Gotham Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | Daly Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Johnson Division | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | New York City Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | Hopper Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | FIRST Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Carver Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Carson Division | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | SBPL2 Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | Daly Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Einstein Field (St. Louis) | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Carson Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Hopper Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2015 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2015 | New York City Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2014 | New York City Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Won the event |
| 2013 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2012 | New York City Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2011 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | SBPLI Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | New York City Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2008 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | SBPLI Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 235.3 | 22 / 3708 | 99.4 | 48-7-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 95.7 | 7 / 3687 | 99.8 | 53-5-0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 48.9 | 9 / 3475 | 99.8 | 49-9-0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 53.0 | 241 / 3284 | 92.7 | 41-16-1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 36.9 | 201 / 3053 | 93.4 | 32-13-0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 31.0 | 69 / 3763 | 98.2 | 52-13-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 135.0 | 64 / 3617 | 98.3 | 54-9-1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 139.3 | 33 / 3331 | 99.0 | 28-19-0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 35.1 | 564 / 3114 | 81.9 | 20-15-1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 33.1 | 635 / 2873 | 77.9 | 2-0-37 | 3 |
| 2014 | 55.1 | 251 / 2697 | 90.7 | 13-12-0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 38.4 | 295 / 2510 | 88.3 | 22-11-0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 17.6 | 144 / 2332 | 93.9 | 29-12-0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 15.4 | 518 / 2053 | 74.8 | 12-7-1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0.8 | 1195 / 1801 | 33.7 | 7-9-3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 19.3 | 497 / 1675 | 70.4 | 13-7-0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3.2 | 1415 / 1498 | 5.5 | 3-5-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 6.9 | 706 / 1295 | 45.5 | 3-5-0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 8.5 | 599 / 1125 | 46.8 | 5-7-0 | 1 |

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

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