# Team 6002: ZooBOTix Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2016. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Kalamazoo Central High School - Sponsors: Kalamazoo Public Schools District, Michigan Department of Education, F&A FABRICATING, Gene Haas Foundation, Parker Hannifin Foundation, Array of Engineers, Graphic Packaging, Zoetis, River Run Press, Unified Engineering, Wightman, Fifth Third Bank, BC Pizza, SW Chapter of Michigan Society of Professional Engineering, Lowe's - Website: http://kcentralrobotics.blogspot.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoobotixofkalamazoo - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoobotix6002 - GitHub: https://github.com/team6002 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **197.41**, rank 70 of 3708 (98.1th percentile) - Record: 63-23-0 over 86 matches (73% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 44.5, teleop 153.0, endgame -0.1 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 98%, RP2 49% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Lakeview Event | 2026milak | 1 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 38 | 2 | 179.1 | 59 | | | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | 2026miber | 3 | 1 | 10-2-0 | 44 | 1 | 216.5 | 73 | | | FIM District Battle Creek Event presented by BlueOval Battery Park Michigan | 2026mibat | 4 | 3 | 10-2-0 | 46 | 2 | 223.2 | 60 (not counted) | | | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | 2026micmp1 | 7 | 4 | 10-2-0 | 49 | 2 | 212.2 | 177 | | | Milstein Division | 2026mil | 8 | 19 | 6-4-0 | 30 | 3 | 197.4 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Winner (2026miber) - District Event Finalist (2026mibat) - District Event Finalist (2026milak) - District Championship Finalist (2026micmp1) - Judges' Award (2026micmp1) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026mibat) - Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026milak) - Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026miber) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 5 - Awards: 29, over 8 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 7 | 2026, 2023, 2019 | | Winner | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2017 | | Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2024 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2026 | | Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2023 | | Creativity | 2 | 2024, 2018 | | Imagery | 2 | 2017 | | Quality | 1 | 2025 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2023 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2023 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2023 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2022 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2019 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Impact, Impact Finalist, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Milstein Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2026 | FIM District Battle Creek Event presented by BlueOval Battery Park Michigan | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2026 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2026 | FIM District Lakeview Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | Milstein Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIM District West Michigan Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | FIM District Battle Creek Event presented by BlueOval Battery Park Michigan | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2024 | Galileo Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District West Michigan Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Battle Creek Event presented by Parker Hannifin | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - APTIV Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | FIM District Lakeview Event #2 | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2023 | FIM District Lakeview Event #1 presented by Parker-Hannifin | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool Corporation | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Lakeview Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | FIM District Gull Lake Event presented by Parker Hannifin | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Ford Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIM District Forest Hills Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Lakeview Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2018 | FIM District Lakeview Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District East Kentwood Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIM District - Marysville Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2017 | FIM District - Gull Lake Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIM District - Lakeview Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2016 | FIM District - East Kentwood Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Lakeview Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 197.4 | 70 / 3708 | 98.1 | 63-23-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 61.8 | 395 / 3687 | 89.3 | 50-28-1 | 5 | | 2024 | 36.3 | 167 / 3475 | 95.2 | 31-24-1 | 4 | | 2023 | 41.2 | 706 / 3284 | 78.5 | 54-26-1 | 5 | | 2022 | 25.3 | 675 / 3053 | 77.9 | 19-23-3 | 3 | | 2019 | 20.1 | 1056 / 3763 | 72.0 | 26-19-1 | 3 | | 2018 | 84.9 | 1595 / 3617 | 55.9 | 13-13-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 93.7 | 807 / 3331 | 75.8 | 24-24-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 34.7 | 606 / 3114 | 80.6 | 17-15-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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