# Team 4290: Bots on Wheels

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2012. District FNC.

## Who backs them

- School: BOW Community Robotics
- Sponsors (2024): Synchrony, Albemarle, The Labcorp Charitable Foundation, John Deere, Raytheon, Collins Aerospace, Corning, Carrier, TE Connectivity, Little Hardware
- Website: http://www.bow4290.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bowteam4290
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/botsofwar

## 2026 season

This team has no 2026 season on this site. It either did not compete that year, or the season is not one this site holds.

## 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 – 2024: Bots on Wheels
- 2013 – 2018: Bots of War

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 5
- Awards: 15, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 4 | 2023, 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2023 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2022, 2018 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2024 |
| Quality | 1 | 2024 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2023 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2022 |
| Impact | 1 | 2022 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2019 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2013 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Carver Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2018 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NC District Forsyth County Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | NC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | NC District - Pitt County Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2016 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NC FIRST Robotics State Championship | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | NC District - Guilford County Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Won the event |
| 2015 | North Carolina Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | North Carolina Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | North Carolina Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | 10.6 | 2263 / 3475 | 34.9 | 12-27-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 34.7 | 1044 / 3284 | 68.2 | 29-19-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 17.4 | 1210 / 3053 | 60.4 | 25-22-1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 1953 / 2024 | 3.5 | 5-10-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18.1 | 1434 / 3763 | 61.9 | 33-22-3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 123.1 | 232 / 3617 | 93.6 | 30-18-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 79.8 | 1447 / 3331 | 56.6 | 25-20-2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 27.9 | 1228 / 3114 | 60.6 | 37-22-0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 14.4 | 1927 / 2873 | 32.9 | 0-0-10 | 1 |
| 2014 | 16.6 | 2073 / 2697 | 23.1 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 8.9 | 1828 / 2510 | 27.2 | 4-5-0 | 1 |

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

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