# Team 2706: Merge Robotics Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Rookie year 2009. District ONT. ## Who backs them - Sponsors: General Dynamics Mission Systems Canada, Apple, Gene Haas Foundation, ATPTIV, Giant Tiger, Enbridge Gas, Northern Lights Educational Services, SolidWorks, Ottawa West Community Robotics - Website: http://team2706.ca - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc2706 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frc2706 - X: https://twitter.com/frc2706 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mergerobotics2706 - GitHub: https://github.com/frc2706 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **56.84**, rank 1262 of 3708 (66.0th percentile) - Record: 13-28-0 over 41 matches (32% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 12.7, teleop 42.8, endgame 1.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 39%, RP2 8% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ONT District North Bay Event | 2026onnob | 3 | 22 | 3-9-0 | 18 | 6 | 48.3 | 22 | | | ONT District Georgian College Event | 2026onbar | 4 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 30 | 6 | 100.1 | 31 | | | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Science Division | 2026oncmp1 | 7 | 50 | 3-9-0 | 12 | | 56.8 | 12 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026onnob) - Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026onbar) ## 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. - 2017 – now: Merge Robotics - 2016: Merge Conflict ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 22, over 9 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Imagery | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2019, 2017 | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2026, 2019, 2018 | | Impact | 3 | 2025, 2023 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2022, 2017 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2024, 2018 | | Team Sustainability | 2 | 2024, 2023 | | Finalist | 2 | 2018 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2017 | | Judges' | 1 | 2016 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Science Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | ONT District Georgian College Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Science Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | ONT District Niagara College Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | ONT District Newmarket Complex Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - SCIENCE Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | ONT District Humber College Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship | | Not picked | | 2022 | ONT District North Bay Event Day 2 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | ONT District York University Event Day 1 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | ONT District Ryerson University Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Daly Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Science Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | ONT District Ryerson University Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship | | Not picked | | 2017 | ONT District - Georgian College Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | ONT District - Ryerson University Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | North Bay Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2016 | Greater Toronto Central Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 56.8 | 1262 / 3708 | 66.0 | 13-28-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 40.1 | 1146 / 3687 | 68.9 | 21-30-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 28.8 | 447 / 3475 | 87.2 | 26-20-1 | 3 | | 2023 | 40.5 | 748 / 3284 | 77.2 | 17-26-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 20.3 | 974 / 3053 | 68.1 | 17-17-0 | 3 | | 2019 | 22.8 | 657 / 3763 | 82.6 | 18-24-1 | 4 | | 2018 | 116.0 | 387 / 3617 | 89.3 | 42-27-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 101.5 | 510 / 3331 | 84.7 | 19-20-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 36.6 | 471 / 3114 | 84.9 | 14-14-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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