# Team 2502: Talon Robotics Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2008. ## Who backs them - School: Eden Prairie High School - Sponsors: Continental Engineering & Manufacturing (CEM), IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society (verbal= I triple E), Schmitt Automotive, Gene Haas Foundation - Website: http://team2502.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team2502 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frc2502 - X: https://twitter.com/frc2502 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc_2502 - GitHub: https://github.com/team-2502 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **59.99**, rank 1136 of 3708 (69.4th percentile) - Record: 12-11-0 over 23 matches (52% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 10.9, teleop 49.1, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 39%, RP2 8% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Northern Lights Regional | 2026mndu2 | 1 | 16 | 6-5-0 | 21 | | 31.8 | | 19 | | Minnesota North Star Regional | 2026mnum | 5 | 12 | 6-4-0 | 26 | 7 | 60.0 | | 31 | | Minnesota Robotics Invitational | 2026mnros | 31 | 22 | 2-4-0 | 11 | 4 | 57.5 | | | | Robotics Inspire and Support Everyone | 2026mnros1 | 31 | 4 | 5-2-0 | 20 | 3 | 70.9 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026mndu2) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026mnum) ## 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: Talon Robotics - 2008 – 2012: EPRobotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 7 - Awards: 41, over 15 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Leadership | 8 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2013 | | Winner | 4 | 2022, 2016, 2015, 2014 | | Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2019, 2017, 2016 | | Finalist | 4 | 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013 | | Creativity | 3 | 2026, 2019, 2014 | | Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2024, 2022, 2018 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2018, 2017, 2013 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2023, 2014 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 | | Quality | 1 | 2025 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2024 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2021 | | Judges' | 1 | 2015 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2014 | | Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2009 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Minnesota North Star Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Northern Lights Regional | | Not picked | | 2025 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Central Missouri Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2020 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by the Medtronic Foundation | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2018 | Carson Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Medtronic Foundation Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Galileo Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2016 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2013 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2013 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2012 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Minnesota Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 60.0 | 1136 / 3708 | 69.4 | 12-11-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 47.0 | 823 / 3687 | 77.7 | 11-13-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 25.3 | 677 / 3475 | 80.5 | 12-13-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 42.6 | 623 / 3284 | 81.1 | 16-9-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 35.4 | 242 / 3053 | 92.1 | 23-16-0 | 5 | | 2020 | 58.3 | 128 / 2024 | 93.7 | 10-4-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 26.3 | 346 / 3763 | 90.8 | 20-17-0 | 6 | | 2018 | 122.7 | 286 / 3617 | 92.1 | 25-12-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 99.5 | 586 / 3331 | 82.4 | 13-19-0 | 5 | | 2016 | 43.2 | 232 / 3114 | 92.6 | 27-15-0 | 6 | | 2015 | 61.5 | 109 / 2873 | 96.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 4 | | 2014 | 44.3 | 476 / 2697 | 82.4 | 23-16-1 | 3 | | 2013 | 30.3 | 470 / 2510 | 81.3 | 23-13-1 | 4 | | 2012 | 5.3 | 1219 / 2332 | 47.7 | 4-5-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 5.8 | 1316 / 2053 | 35.9 | 4-4-1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.8 | 1182 / 1801 | 34.4 | 3-7-1 | 1 | | 2009 | 15.4 | 972 / 1675 | 42.0 | 4-7-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 8.0 | 1115 / 1498 | 25.6 | 5-4-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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