# Team 836: The RoboBees Hollywood, Maryland, USA. Rookie year 2002. District FCH. ## Who backs them - Sponsors: Stachelczyk-Shemeta Team - Century 21 New Millennium, The Patuxent Partnership, BAE Systems, Northrop Gruman, DOD STEM, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), growingSTEMS - Website: http://www.robobees.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therobobees - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thehive836 - X: https://twitter.com/frc836 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therobobees - GitHub: https://github.com/frc-836 - GitLab: https://www.gitlab.com/growingstems/frc-836-the-robobees ## 2026 season - xP rating: **165.83**, rank 190 of 3708 (94.9th percentile) - Record: 56-13-0 over 69 matches (81% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 34.4, teleop 131.6, endgame -0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 95%, RP2 36% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | 2026mdpas | 2 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 44 | 2 | 107.8 | 64 | | | FCH District Severn MD Event presented by Arcfield | 2026mdsev | 4 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 45 | 1 | 183.6 | 67 | | | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 45 | 1 | 179.2 | 216 | | | Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 8 | 8-2-0 | 35 | 7 | 165.8 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Championship Winner (2026chcmp) - District Event Winner (2026mdsev) - Championship Division Finalist (2026joh) - District Event Finalist (2026mdpas) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026mdpas) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mdpas) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026chcmp) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2014, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/2014-836-the-robobees-1 - 2013, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/2013-836-the-robobees-1 - 2012, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/2012-836-the-robobees-1 ## 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. - 2014 – now: The RoboBees - 2004 – 2013: RoboBees ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 17 - Awards: 68, over 20 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 13 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2014 | | Finalist | 12 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 | | Excellence in Engineering | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2018, 2014, 2013 | | Autonomous | 6 | 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019 | | Engineering Inspiration | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2017, 2016, 2014 | | Creativity | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2016, 2015 | | Quality | 4 | 2023, 2014, 2012, 2008 | | Impact | 4 | 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2022, 2018 | | Judges' | 2 | 2022, 2007 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2017, 2013 | | Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 2 | 2005, 2003 | | Leadership | 1 | 2026 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 | | Skills Finalist (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2018 | | Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2010 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Johnson Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist | | 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2026 | FCH District Severn MD Event presented by Arcfield | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2026 | FCH District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event presented by US Department of Energy | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2025 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Newton Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2024 | CHS District Owings Mills MD Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | CHS District Ashland VA Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Galileo Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | CHS District Timonium MD Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2022 | Roebling Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #3 Day 1 | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #1 Day 1 | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2020 | CHS District Haymarket VA Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | Darwin Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Oxon Hill MD Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | CHS District Owings Mills MD Event sponsored by Leidos | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2018 | Daly Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | CHS District Central Maryland Event sponsored by Leidos | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2018 | CHS District Central Virginia Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | CHS District - Northern Maryland Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2016 | Curie Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2016 | CHS District - Central Maryland Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2016 | CHS District - Greater DC Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2015 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2015 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | Galileo Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2014 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2013 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist | | 2012 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2012 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2011 | BAE Systems/Granite State Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2010 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | New Jersey Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2007 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | New Jersey Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2004 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2004 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2003 | Chesapeake Regional | | Out before the top four | | 2003 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | NASA Langley / VCU Regional | | | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 165.8 | 190 / 3708 | 94.9 | 56-13-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 71.7 | 193 / 3687 | 94.8 | 41-22-2 | 5 | | 2024 | 35.4 | 188 / 3475 | 94.6 | 52-14-0 | 6 | | 2023 | 52.1 | 266 / 3284 | 91.9 | 37-30-1 | 5 | | 2022 | 41.5 | 122 / 3053 | 96.0 | 47-12-0 | 5 | | 2020 | 65.8 | 55 / 2024 | 97.3 | 9-7-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 31.4 | 55 / 3763 | 98.6 | 45-18-1 | 5 | | 2018 | 105.8 | 721 / 3617 | 80.1 | 41-24-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 100.2 | 554 / 3331 | 83.4 | 30-26-0 | 5 | | 2016 | 36.1 | 493 / 3114 | 84.2 | 50-14-3 | 5 | | 2015 | 45.6 | 307 / 2873 | 89.3 | 0-2-39 | 3 | | 2014 | 78.8 | 28 / 2697 | 99.0 | 38-11-1 | 3 | | 2013 | 45.9 | 160 / 2510 | 93.7 | 23-9-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 21.0 | 66 / 2332 | 97.2 | 24-13-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 38.0 | 21 / 2053 | 99.0 | 25-14-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 1.9 | 397 / 1801 | 78.0 | 12-12-1 | 2 | | 2009 | 25.8 | 132 / 1675 | 92.2 | 10-10-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 28.7 | 62 / 1498 | 95.9 | 14-8-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 35.6 | 3 / 1295 | 99.8 | 12-6-0 | 2 | | 2006 | 15.2 | 218 / 1125 | 80.7 | 12-15-0 | 3 | | 2004 | 25.5 | 456 / 932 | 51.1 | 4-14-2 | 3 | | 2003 | 17.7 | 489 / 785 | 37.8 | 12-11-1 | 3 | | 2002 | 10.7 | 483 / 641 | 24.7 | 4-4-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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