# Team 4198: RoboCats Waconia, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2012. ## Who backs them - School: Waconia High School - Sponsors: Medtronic, RTX, Wiha, Gene Haas Foundation, TEL, Waconia School District ISD110 - Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robocats4198 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robocats4198 - X: https://twitter.com/robocats_4198 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/4198robocatsofficial - GitHub: https://github.com/4198-programmers ## 2026 season - xP rating: **75.69**, rank 933 of 3708 (74.9th percentile) - Record: 7-15-0 over 22 matches (32% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 11.6, teleop 63.7, endgame 0.4 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 62%, RP2 13% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KnightKrawler Week Zero | 2026mnkk | 0 | | | | | 75.7 | | | | Great Northern Regional | 2026ndgf | 2 | 50 | 1-8-0 | 7 | | 29.2 | | 4 | | Minnesota North Star Regional | 2026mnum | 5 | 18 | 5-5-0 | 24 | 6 | 75.7 | | 25 | | Minnesota Robotics Invitational | 2026mnros | 31 | | | | | 75.6 | | | ## 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. - 2025 – now: RoboCats - 2022 – 2024: RoboCats 4198 - 2012 – 2020: RoboCats ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 13, over 7 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 5 | 2023, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2015 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2023, 2017 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2020, 2018 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 2 | 2018, 2017 | | Winner | 1 | 2025 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2019 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Minnesota North Star Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Great Northern Regional | | Not picked | | 2026 | KnightKrawler Week Zero | | | | 2025 | Minnesota North Star Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | Great Northern Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2023 | Minnesota North Star Regional at La Crosse | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | Great Northern Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Great Northern Regional | | Not picked | | 2020 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2019 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by the Medtronic Foundation | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2014 | Northern Lights Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Minnesota North Star Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Minnesota North Star Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 75.7 | 933 / 3708 | 74.9 | 7-15-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 40.9 | 1117 / 3687 | 69.7 | 13-11-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 17.7 | 1380 / 3475 | 60.3 | 11-9-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 38.0 | 864 / 3284 | 73.7 | 23-19-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 28.3 | 516 / 3053 | 83.1 | 11-11-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 36.4 | 624 / 2024 | 69.2 | 9-6-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 25.1 | 396 / 3763 | 89.5 | 12-11-1 | 4 | | 2018 | 115.1 | 414 / 3617 | 88.6 | 25-18-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 84.7 | 1223 / 3331 | 63.3 | 24-17-0 | 7 | | 2016 | 24.1 | 1708 / 3114 | 45.2 | 3-5-0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0.4 | 2848 / 2873 | 0.9 | 0-2-24 | 3 | | 2014 | 14.6 | 2227 / 2697 | 17.4 | 3-7-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 23.2 | 765 / 2510 | 69.5 | 5-3-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 5.3 | 1295 / 2332 | 44.5 | 4-5-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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