# Team 8280: K9.0 Robotics

Detroit, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2020. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: The School at Marygrove
- Sponsors: Lyle and Diane Victor Foundation, Song Foundation, Intuitive Foundation, Collaborative Robotics, Comcast, Futuramic, Michigan Department of Education, Marygrove Conservancy, The Academy Group, Michigan Engineering Zone
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/k9.0robotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k9.0robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **81.25**, rank 823 of 3708 (77.8th percentile)
- Record: 40-24-0 over 64 matches (63% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.5, teleop 71.7, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 55%, RP2 11%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Marysville Event | 2026mimar | 2 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 28 | 6 | 90.5 | 41 |  |
| FIM District Troy Event #2 presented by DTE Foundation | 2026mitr2 | 5 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 44 | 2 | 122.1 | 48 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | 2026micmp3 | 7 | 24 | 6-6-0 | 32 | 2 | 106.6 | 147 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship | 2026micmp | 7 |  |  |  | 3 | 111.1 | 0 |  |
| Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 32 | 6-4-0 | 24 |  | 81.3 |  |  |
| Wolverine Robotics Competition | 2026miwrc | 22 | 4 | 5-1-0 | 24 | 1 | 154.2 |  |  |
| Detroit City Championship | 2026midet | 32 | 2 | 5-1-0 | 22 | 1 | 171.7 |  |  |
| Cullen's Cancer Clash | 2026minor | 34 | 22 | 4-8-0 | 23 | 5 | 154.5 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Championship Winner (2026micmp3)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mimar)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026micmp3)
- Quality Award (2026mitr2)

## 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.

- 2022 – now: K9.0 Robotics
- 2020: The School at Marygrove ROVERS

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 11, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2025, 2022 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2026 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2026 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2025 |
| Impact | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2023 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIM District Troy Event #2 presented by DTE Foundation | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Marysville Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIM District Woodhaven Event presented by Altair | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Ferndale Event presented by Magna | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Renaissance Event presented by DTE Energy Foundation | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Detroit Event presented by DTE | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Wayne State University Event presented by Magna | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Woodhaven Event presented by Ford | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | FIM District Macomb Community College Event presented by DTE Foundation |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | FIM District Southfield Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 81.3 | 823 / 3708 | 77.8 | 40-24-0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 37.0 | 1278 / 3687 | 65.4 | 21-24-0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 13.9 | 1785 / 3475 | 48.6 | 20-20-1 | 8 |
| 2023 | 27.4 | 1511 / 3284 | 54.0 | 12-17-0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7.2 | 2367 / 3053 | 22.5 | 14-15-1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 1924 / 2024 | 4.9 | 3-9-0 | 1 |

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