# Team 4572: Barlow Robotics

Redding, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 2013. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Joel Barlow High School
- Sponsors: Redding Runners Club, Region 9 Board of Education, RTX-Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Society for Information Management (SIM)
- Website: http://www.barlowrobotics.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barlowrobotics4572
- X: https://twitter.com/team4572
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barlow_robautics
- GitHub: https://github.com/barlow-robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **41.99**, rank 1634 of 3708 (55.9th percentile)
- Record: 14-18-0 over 32 matches (44% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 12.4, teleop 29.6, endgame -0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 33%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Waterbury Event | 2026ctwat | 3 | 17 | 5-7-0 | 21 | 2 | 38.6 | 34 |  |
| NE District Greater Boston Event | 2026mabos | 4 | 17 | 6-6-0 | 29 | 7 | 42.0 | 28 |  |
| CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 15 | 3-3-0 | 12 | 3 | 55.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026ctwat)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026mabos)

## 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: Barlow Robotics
- 2013 – 2024: BArlow RobAutics

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 11, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2019 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2024 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2023 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2022 |
| Winner | 1 | 2020 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2019 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2013 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Excellence in Engineering, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District UVM Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | NE District Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 1 · backup robot | Won the event |
| 2019 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | NE District Southern CT Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | NE District - North Shore Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | NE District - Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Hartford District Event |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Southington District Event |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 42.0 | 1634 / 3708 | 55.9 | 14-18-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 44.6 | 946 / 3687 | 74.4 | 16-30-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 17.6 | 1384 / 3475 | 60.2 | 13-18-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | 2125 / 3284 | 35.3 | 10-14-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 15.8 | 1374 / 3053 | 55.0 | 11-15-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 18.4 | 1307 / 2024 | 35.4 | 9-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 16.5 | 1767 / 3763 | 53.1 | 13-18-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 76.8 | 1992 / 3617 | 44.9 | 10-16-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 85.2 | 1204 / 3331 | 63.9 | 13-13-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 23.4 | 1818 / 3114 | 41.6 | 11-13-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 25.4 | 1017 / 2873 | 64.6 | 0-0-24 | 2 |
| 2014 | 21.8 | 1650 / 2697 | 38.8 | 8-16-0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 8.8 | 1844 / 2510 | 26.5 | 5-12-0 | 2 |

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

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