# Team 5648: Melbourne RoboCats 5648

Burwood East, Victoria, Australia. Rookie year 2015.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Rockwell Automation, Ford, TipTop Windows and Doors, Capral Aluminium
- Website: https://www.melbournerobocats.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melbournerobocats
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc5648

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **17.46**, rank 2775 of 3708 (25.2th percentile)
- Record: 3-10-0 over 13 matches (23% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 2.4, teleop 15.1, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 19%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Southern Cross Regional | 2026ausc | 2 | 39 | 2-8-0 | 10 | 5 | 17.5 |  | 16 |
| Melbourne Robotics Tournament | 2026xxmel | 19 | 17 | 4-8-0 | 16 | 3 | 30.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (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.

- 2025 – now: Melbourne RoboCats 5648
- 2024: FRC Team #5648 Melbourne RoboCats
- 2015 – 2023: Melbourne RoboCats

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 9, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2024 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2023 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2020 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2018 |
| Winner | 1 | 2017 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2015 |
| VOTY | 1 | 2015 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Southern Cross Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Southern Cross Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Southern Cross Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Turing Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2016 | Australia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Australia Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 17.5 | 2775 / 3708 | 25.2 | 3-10-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 3406 / 3687 | 7.6 | 3-8-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 3195 / 3475 | 8.1 | 2-8-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12.9 | 2908 / 3284 | 11.5 | 7-14-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 10.3 | 3245 / 3763 | 13.8 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 66.9 | 2497 / 3617 | 31.0 | 7-9-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 63.8 | 2181 / 3331 | 34.5 | 14-14-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 11.8 | 2965 / 3114 | 4.8 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 6.0 | 2640 / 2873 | 8.1 | 0-0-12 | 1 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/5648](https://www.match13.com/team/5648).

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