# Team 7864: The Bear Bots

Cook, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2019.

## Who backs them

- School: North Woods School
- Sponsors: Medtronic, Gene Haas Foundation, Genfinity Foundation, Cook Lions Club, Cook Timberwolves Snowmobile Club, Cook VFW and Cook VFW Auxiliary, Cook Firefighters, Froe Bros Drilling, Saint Mary’s Church and Saint Mary’s Council of Catholic Women, North Star Credit Union, Cook Building Center, Spring Bay Resort, Kec's Kove, The Design Group Inc., Rose Cottage Baking Co.

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **4.63**, rank 3409 of 3708 (8.1th percentile)
- Record: 5-6-0 over 11 matches (45% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 2.1, teleop 2.1, endgame 0.4
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 14%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lake Superior Regional | 2026mndu | 1 | 25 | 5-6-0 | 21 |  | 4.6 |  | 12 |

## 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.

- 2026 – now: The Bear Bots
- 2019 – 2025: North Woods Robotics

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 2, over 1 season

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 4.6 | 3409 / 3708 | 8.1 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 14.5 | 3045 / 3687 | 17.4 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7.8 | 2684 / 3475 | 22.8 | 5-3-1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 27.4 | 1536 / 3284 | 53.2 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 26.9 | 939 / 2024 | 53.6 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 16.0 | 1893 / 3763 | 49.7 | 6-3-0 | 1 |

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