# Team 5603: The WarriorBots

Auburn, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2015. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Western High School
- Sponsors: Dow inc., S&S Industrial Surplus, Saginaw Control and Engineering, Vantage Plastics, Kerkau, The Smith Familly, Cambron Engineering, Keel
- Website: http://www.westernrobotics5603.weebly.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riseofthewarriorbots
- X: https://twitter.com/whsbots
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whs_robotics_5603

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **22.90**, rank 2484 of 3708 (33.0th percentile)
- Record: 15-18-0 over 33 matches (45% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 8.3, teleop 14.9, endgame -0.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 18%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | 2026mimid | 2 | 35 | 3-9-0 | 13 | 1 | 44.1 | 38 |  |
| FIM District Fenton Event presented by Gene Haas Foundation | 2026mifen | 6 | 27 | 6-6-0 | 22 | 5 | 22.9 | 16 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026mimid)

## 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: The WarriorBots
- 2015 – 2022: Rise of the Warrior Bots

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 19, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Team Spirit | 7 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 3 | 2015 |
| Winner | 2 | 2026, 2018 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2023, 2018 |
| Quality | 1 | 2024 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2018 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2015 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2015 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2015 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIM District Fenton Event presented by Gene Haas Foundation | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 presented by The Gene Haas Foundation | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 presented by Ford | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Ford Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 presented by Ford | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | FIM District Midland Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIM District Milford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Dow Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | FIM District Gaylord Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Michigan State Championship - Ford Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | FIM District - Midland Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | FIM District - Ann Arbor Pioneer Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Midland Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIM District - Great Lakes Bay Region Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | FIM District - Standish Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 22.9 | 2484 / 3708 | 33.0 | 15-18-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 45.4 | 910 / 3687 | 75.3 | 13-18-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 24.0 | 804 / 3475 | 76.9 | 14-15-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 38.5 | 830 / 3284 | 74.7 | 23-19-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 27.0 | 583 / 3053 | 80.9 | 25-19-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 17.3 | 1589 / 3763 | 57.8 | 9-14-1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 121.6 | 257 / 3617 | 92.9 | 34-25-1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 99.8 | 563 / 3331 | 83.1 | 22-19-1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 34.2 | 650 / 3114 | 79.2 | 12-16-1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 46.0 | 296 / 2873 | 89.7 | 0-2-56 | 5 |

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

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