# Team 4774: The Drop Bears

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rookie year 2013.

## Who backs them

- School: The University of Sydney
- Sponsors: Australian Centre for Robotics at the University of sydney, Annandale Village Dentistry, Pytha Partners, Novartis Australia
- Website: http://www.thedropbears.org.au
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc4774
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thedropbears
- X: https://twitter.com/frcthedropbears
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc_thedropbears
- GitHub: https://github.com/thedropbears

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **27.56**, rank 2242 of 3708 (39.5th percentile)
- Record: 4-12-0 over 16 matches (25% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 4.9, teleop 18.9, endgame 3.8
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 23%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Southern Cross Regional | 2026ausc | 2 | 41 | 1-9-0 | 4 | 4 | 27.6 |  | 24 |
| Duel Down Under | 2026audd | 17 | 21 | 4-7-0 | 18 | 8 | 58.7 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026ausc)

## 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.

- 2014 – now: The Drop Bears
- 2013: LAN Downunder

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 16, over 9 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Innovation in Control | 5 | 2022, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2026, 2022, 2018 |
| Creativity | 3 | 2025, 2018, 2017 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2020, 2019 |
| Winner | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2013 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2013 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2019 | Canadian Rockies Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | Western Canada Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Australia Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Australia Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Hawaii Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Hawaii Regional sponsored by BAE Systems |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 27.6 | 2242 / 3708 | 39.5 | 4-12-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 41.8 | 1077 / 3687 | 70.8 | 8-7-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 28.4 | 461 / 3475 | 86.8 | 9-4-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 26.3 | 1608 / 3284 | 51.1 | 10-6-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 35.3 | 250 / 3053 | 91.8 | 30-10-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 19.2 | 1213 / 3763 | 67.8 | 21-18-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 101.1 | 904 / 3617 | 75.0 | 15-18-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 80.7 | 1408 / 3331 | 57.7 | 22-17-4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 28.5 | 1164 / 3114 | 62.6 | 14-12-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 16.6 | 1704 / 2873 | 40.7 | 0-0-31 | 2 |
| 2014 | 20.0 | 1788 / 2697 | 33.7 | 7-5-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 9.1 | 1813 / 2510 | 27.8 | 3-9-0 | 1 |

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

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