# Team 5181: Explorer Robotics

Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA. Rookie year 2014. District FMA.

## Who backs them

- School: La Salle College High School
- Sponsors: Aegis Industrial Software Corporation, Explorer 5181 Families
- Website: https://www.lschs.org/student-life/clubs-activities/list-of-clubs-activities/robotics
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/explorerrobotics
- X: https://twitter.com/lschs_robotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc5181
- GitHub: https://github.com/lsrobotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **59.65**, rank 1202 of 3708 (67.6th percentile)
- Record: 43-29-0 over 72 matches (60% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 15.3, teleop 44.4, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 37%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | 2026pahat | 1 | 4 | 10-2-0 | 40 | 3 | 125.7 | 58 |  |
| FMA District Centennial Event | 2026pawar | 3 | 3 | 10-2-0 | 42 | 2 | 127.1 | 60 |  |
| FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | 2026mrcmp | 7 | 43 | 5-7-0 | 21 | 2 | 108.9 | 39 |  |
| Galileo Division | 2026gal | 8 | 72 | 2-8-0 | 9 | 1 | 67.5 |  |  |
| Einstein Field | 2026cmptx | 8 |  |  |  | 4 | 59.7 |  |  |
| RoboJAWN | 2026paphi1 | 19 | 6 | 5-3-0 | 24 |  | 75.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Championship Division Winner (2026gal)
- District Event Finalist (2026pahat)
- District Event Finalist (2026pawar)
- Quality Award (2026pawar)
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026pahat)

## 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.

- 2020 – now: Explorer Robotics
- 2019: Explorer
- 2016 – 2018: La Salle Robotics
- 2014 – 2015: LaSalle Robotics

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 17, over 9 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2026)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2022 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026 |
| Team Sustainability | 2 | 2024 |
| Impact | 2 | 2022, 2020 |
| Quality | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2026 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2019 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2018 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2016 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2014 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Einstein Field | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FMA District Centennial Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2026 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FMA District Centennial Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FMA District Bensalem Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | MAR District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | MAR District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship sponsored by Johnson & Johnson |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | MAR District - Westtown Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 1 · backup robot | Top four |
| 2015 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Springside Chestnut Hill District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Hatboro-Horsham District Competition |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 59.6 | 1202 / 3708 | 67.6 | 43-29-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 60.6 | 431 / 3687 | 88.3 | 44-29-0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 31.1 | 346 / 3475 | 90.1 | 25-17-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 33.0 | 1146 / 3284 | 65.1 | 16-13-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 24.4 | 720 / 3053 | 76.4 | 19-24-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 18.4 | 1364 / 3763 | 63.8 | 22-22-2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 109.8 | 575 / 3617 | 84.1 | 13-18-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 81.0 | 1395 / 3331 | 58.1 | 22-21-3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 31.4 | 869 / 3114 | 72.1 | 12-15-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 19.1 | 1466 / 2873 | 49.0 | 0-0-28 | 2 |
| 2014 | 9.9 | 2523 / 2697 | 6.5 | 10-14-0 | 2 |

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

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