# Team 5535: Bionic Bison New Buffalo, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2015. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: New Buffalo High School - Sponsors: Edgewater Automation, Creative Manufacturing, Hanson International - Website: http://team5535.weebly.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newbuffalorobotics - X: https://twitter.com/bionicbison5535 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bionicbison5535 - GitHub: https://github.com/bionic-bison-5535 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **87.68**, rank 760 of 3708 (79.5th percentile) - Record: 30-16-0 over 46 matches (65% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 16.1, teleop 71.4, endgame 0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 68%, RP2 15% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | 2026miber | 3 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 38 | 4 | 105.8 | 51 | | | FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State University | 2026mibig | 6 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 37 | 3 | 91.1 | 38 | | | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Foundation Division | 2026micmp2 | 7 | 17 | 7-5-0 | 34 | | 87.7 | 42 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026miber) - Industrial Design Award (2026mibig) ## 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. - 2016 – now: Bionic Bison - 2015: NB Ground Gears ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 0 - Awards: 13, over 8 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2019 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2026, 2023 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2022 | | Creativity | 1 | 2025 | | Quality | 1 | 2019 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2018 | | Judges' | 1 | 2016 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2016 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2015 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Foundation Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State University | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Newton Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - FORD Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIM District Lakeview Event #2 | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool Corporation | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - APTIV Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIM District Lakeview Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2020 | FIM District St. Joseph Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIM District Alpena Event #2 | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | FIM District West Michigan Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIM District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | FIM District Lakeview Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | FIM District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Gull Lake Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | FIM District - St. Joseph Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Ann Arbor Skyline Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIM District - Lake Superior State University Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIM District - St. Joseph Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIM District - St. Joseph Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIM District - Gull Lake Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 87.7 | 760 / 3708 | 79.5 | 30-16-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 64.3 | 340 / 3687 | 90.8 | 31-25-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 20.6 | 1088 / 3475 | 68.7 | 13-16-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 36.1 | 969 / 3284 | 70.5 | 21-23-1 | 3 | | 2022 | 19.7 | 1023 / 3053 | 66.5 | 21-22-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 18.5 | 1306 / 2024 | 35.5 | 2-10-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 10.5 | 3204 / 3763 | 14.9 | 23-24-1 | 3 | | 2018 | 103.4 | 810 / 3617 | 77.6 | 26-19-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 83.8 | 1266 / 3331 | 62.0 | 13-16-1 | 2 | | 2016 | 24.9 | 1597 / 3114 | 48.7 | 15-21-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 11.8 | 2181 / 2873 | 24.1 | 0-0-26 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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