# Team 7768: The AutoMatons

Iron River, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2019. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: West Iron Co Mid High School
- Sponsors: TC Energy, Enbridge, Highline Internet, Upper Peninsula Power Company, Marilyn & John Rintamaki, Iron County Economic Corporation, Crystal Falls Springs Inc.
- GitHub: https://github.com/jeffreyddavis/frc2025

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **32.46**, rank 2010 of 3708 (45.8th percentile)
- Record: 24-21-0 over 45 matches (53% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 4.7, teleop 28.7, endgame -1.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 23%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Lake City Event presented by AT&T | 2026milac | 2 | 14 | 7-5-0 | 25 | 8 | 32.1 | 41 |  |
| FIM District LSSU Event presented by Lake Superior State University | 2026milsu | 4 | 17 | 7-5-0 | 27 | 6 | 26.6 | 30 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division | 2026micmp4 | 7 | 33 | 6-6-0 | 23 | 4 | 32.5 | 36 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026milsu)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026milac)

## 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 AutoMatons
- 2019 – 2022: The Iron Hill Automatons

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 9, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2025, 2020 |
| Winner | 2 | 2023, 2022 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District LSSU Event presented by Lake Superior State University | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Lake City Event presented by AT&T | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIM District LSSU Event presented by LSSU | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | FIM District Escanaba Event presented by Highline Fast | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Central Michigan University Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Escanaba Event presented by Highline | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District LSSU Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | FIM District Escanaba Event presented by Highline Fast | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Kingsford Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | FIM District West Michigan Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | FIM District Kingsford Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | FIM District Alpena Event #2 | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIM District Kingsford Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 32.5 | 2010 / 3708 | 45.8 | 24-21-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 40.1 | 1145 / 3687 | 69.0 | 26-21-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 24.3 | 783 / 3475 | 77.5 | 24-17-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 23.2 | 1859 / 3284 | 43.4 | 15-18-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8.9 | 2222 / 3053 | 27.2 | 14-19-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 13.5 | 1579 / 2024 | 22.0 | 9-9-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 16.7 | 1715 / 3763 | 54.4 | 11-15-0 | 2 |

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

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