# Team 540: TALON 540 Godwin Robotics Henrico, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2001. District FCH. ## Who backs them - School: Mills Godwin High School - Sponsors: ShowBest Fixture Inc., Boeing, DuPont Spruance, Onshape by PTC, NASA - Website: http://www.team540.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/talon540 - X: https://twitter.com/talon540 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talon540 - GitHub: https://github.com/talon540 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **79.59**, rank 839 of 3708 (77.4th percentile) - Record: 33-28-0 over 61 matches (54% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 18.1, teleop 61.4, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 54%, RP2 11% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration | 2026vagle | 2 | 17 | 5-7-0 | 20 | 4 | 51.1 | 48 | | | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | 2026vabla | 4 | 2 | 10-2-0 | 42 | 2 | 78.7 | 61 | | | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 10 | 7-5-0 | 38 | 8 | 112.9 | 78 | | | Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 68 | 3-7-0 | 13 | 8 | 79.6 | | | | Rumble 11 | 2026vagle2 | 34 | 17 | 2-3-0 | 9 | 7 | 82.8 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026vagle) - District Event Finalist (2026vabla) - FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026chcmp) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026vabla) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026vabla) - Quality Award (2026vabla) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2017, Comp Robot, Inventor: https://grabcad.com/library/frc-540-talon-x-0-1 ## 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. - 2023 – now: TALON 540 Godwin Robotics - 2017 – 2022: TALON 540 - 2009 – 2016: TALON 540 Godwin Robotics - 2008: TALON 540 - 2006 – 2007: Screaming Eagles - 2004 – 2005: The Mighty Eagles ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 5 - Awards: 43, over 17 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Engineering Inspiration | 10 | 2025, 2023, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013 | | Leadership | 9 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2017, 2016, 2015 | | Finalist | 3 | 2026, 2015, 2011 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2022, 2018, 2016 | | Innovation in Control | 3 | 2016, 2015, 2013 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2025, 2008 | | Creativity | 2 | 2017, 2014 | | Winner | 2 | 2017, 2007 | | Impact | 1 | 2026 | | Quality | 1 | 2026 | | Imagery | 1 | 2024 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2019 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2019 | | Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Impact Finalist, Judges', Rising All-Star, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Hopper Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2026 | FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Herndon Foundation | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event | | Not picked | | 2024 | CHS District Ashland VA Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 2 | | Not picked | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 1 | | Not picked | | 2020 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2018 | CHS District Southwest Virginia Event sponsored by Anton Paar | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | CHS District Central Virginia Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2017 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2016 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2016 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2014 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2010 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | NASA VCU Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2006 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2004 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2002 | NASA Langley / VCU Regional | | | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 79.6 | 839 / 3708 | 77.4 | 33-28-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 45.7 | 877 / 3687 | 76.2 | 24-30-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 2.4 | 3408 / 3475 | 1.9 | 9-16-1 | 2 | | 2023 | 16.6 | 2555 / 3284 | 22.2 | 8-18-1 | 2 | | 2022 | 9.0 | 2114 / 3053 | 30.8 | 8-12-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 25.6 | 965 / 2024 | 52.3 | 4-7-1 | 1 | | 2019 | 23.9 | 560 / 3763 | 85.1 | 19-23-1 | 5 | | 2018 | 101.3 | 897 / 3617 | 75.2 | 19-21-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 85.9 | 1152 / 3331 | 65.4 | 26-20-2 | 4 | | 2016 | 30.1 | 968 / 3114 | 68.9 | 26-24-0 | 5 | | 2015 | 22.9 | 1082 / 2873 | 62.4 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 | | 2014 | 32.5 | 886 / 2697 | 67.2 | 9-11-1 | 2 | | 2013 | 16.0 | 1128 / 2510 | 55.1 | 11-7-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 3.9 | 1581 / 2332 | 32.2 | 3-7-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 7.7 | 995 / 2053 | 51.6 | 8-5-2 | 1 | | 2010 | 1.0 | 937 / 1801 | 48.0 | 3-14-2 | 2 | | 2009 | 17.4 | 670 / 1675 | 60.0 | 6-4-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 18.3 | 288 / 1498 | 80.8 | 6-2-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 11.5 | 329 / 1295 | 74.7 | 11-12-0 | 2 | | 2006 | 6.5 | 768 / 1125 | 31.8 | 7-13-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 14.4 | 826 / 932 | 11.4 | 3-3-0 | 1 | | 2003 | 21.4 | 237 / 785 | 69.9 | 4-3-0 | 1 | | 2002 | 11.6 | 233 / 641 | 63.8 | 4-10-1 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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