# Team 971: Spartan Robotics

Mountain View, California, USA. Rookie year 2002. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Mountain View High School
- Sponsors: NASA, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Apple, Intuitive Foundation, Qualcomm, West Coast Products, PTC OnShape, Dream Maker, Parents & Friends of Spartan Robotics
- Website: http://frc971.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc971
- X: https://twitter.com/team971
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc971
- GitHub: https://github.com/frc971

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **214.48**, rank 56 of 3708 (98.5th percentile)
- Record: 36-28-0 over 64 matches (56% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 32.9, teleop 181.5, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 99%, RP2 56%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spartan Week Zero | 2026camou | 0 |  |  |  |  | 214.5 |  |  |
| CA District Half Moon Bay Event | 2026cahal | 1 | 6 | 8-4-0 | 36 | 2 | 91.4 | 57 |  |
| CA District Central Valley Event | 2026caclv | 4 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 30 | 4 | 79.7 | 34 |  |
| FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 21 | 7-5-0 | 37 | 5 | 127.2 | 120 |  |
| Archimedes Division | 2026arc | 8 | 14 | 6-4-0 | 33 | 4 | 214.5 |  |  |
| Chezy Champs | 2026cc | 29 | 11 | 6-4-0 | 27 | 7 | 190.5 |  |  |
| MadTown Throwdown | 2026mttd | 36 | 13 | 6-3-0 | 26 | 7 | 213.6 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026cahal)
- Finalist (2026mttd)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026cahal)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026caclv)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026cahal)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2026, Comp Robot – Mixtape (2026), Onshape: https://frc971.onshape.com/documents/cabaa0c1c77517916df80783/w/48cb057db38a03cc202ff44e/e/96844befd4591dac162d657b?aa=true&renderMode=0&leftPanel=false&uiState=6a2271e697844f92df3f51d3
- 2025, Full Competition Robot (Fiddler), Onshape: https://frc971.onshape.com/documents/7fe785bbcbd521f1316ad2c6/v/5a4a017acd66b28d2f8c7684/e/194d67360c254300114d8b67
- 2023, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://frc971.onshape.com/documents/db1b739c445de530fb406dc6/v/bc9815d549b9ffd9f7251ac8/e/e81d7e62d16fb20bf281c8e4?aa=true
- 2019, Comp Robot, STEP/IGES: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2018, Comp Robot, STEP, Solidworks: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2017, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1faf41c6b93196db99b3c3fe/w/ce473be26fecbfbeb539d441
- 2016, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2015, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/843632cd1e2f78943a381840/w/be41fd78f6b910cbb45a3ec8/e/d231563d7aff80f4270eac84
- 2015, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2014, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/bbb6b0c15f76fa04e2789d6e/w/10f2b0830ab4c0c304335c47/e/47b7509f4ede91ba3d672fa8
- 2014, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2013, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/08c3310a439daa34ee9b1e6b/w/1d20b1312d93aa14c895d9c2/e/f5e636ab0796c19f0d9a60bf
- 2013, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2012, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ba2b564e4bfad42bee389eb7/w/6108fe4b1711defeed827e01/e/f855f5db15a79196ae2ecc10
- 2012, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2011, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9be5841eb78041ff0f25f10a/w/4410ad8cc63c41265afbe986/e/9de487881168533de3c28729
- 2011, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2010, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/72bb3919f1d5447168bff036/w/b539e0d2c990718b76ad2496
- 2010, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2009, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/955db0465253e9e825ce95fa/w/ec8ee4d5ba7d564e4fb0a2fb/e/45246c2722a284996f6155dd
- 2009, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2008, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/01c3a0da303d62b0f72a5a4f/w/78cdfbc11435f79c0c1ae63b
- 2008, Comp Robot, STEP: http://frc971.org/cad
- 2007, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f4b2414e3f1d8a027e863bb8/w/2e2f499b9ecc366d7e7c57ff/e/b81ee5ccadf9fd76521ee6d2

## 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.

- 2009 – now: Spartan Robotics
- 2004 – 2008: "RoboSpartans"

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 20
- Awards: 67, over 18 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 2 (2009, 2019)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 16 | 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2004 |
| Finalist | 14 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 |
| Creativity | 6 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2017, 2014, 2013 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 5 | 2025, 2019, 2015 |
| Leadership | 4 | 2026, 2020, 2018, 2013 |
| Industrial Design | 4 | 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016 |
| Autonomous | 3 | 2026, 2023, 2022 |
| Innovation in Control | 3 | 2022, 2019, 2018 |
| Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2021, 2017, 2011 |
| Quality | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 2 | 2024, 2022 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2026 |
| Skills Finalist (no longer given) | 1 | 2021 |
| Impact | 1 | 2017 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2014 |
| Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | CA District Central Valley Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | CA District Half Moon Bay Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | Spartan Week Zero |  |  |
| 2025 | Galileo Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist |
| 2024 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2024 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Johnson Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2023 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2022 | Turing Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2019 | Einstein Field (Houston) | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | Utah Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | Newton Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2018 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Carver Division | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2016 | Hopper Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | Silicon Valley Regional presented by Google.org | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2015 | Carver Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | Silicon Valley Regional sponsored by Google.org | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2015 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Newton Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist |
| 2014 | Silicon Valley Regional  | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2014 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2013 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Curie Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2012 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2011 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2010 | Newton Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Silicon Valley Regional sponsored by Google and BAE Systems | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2009 | Einstein Field |  | Won the event |
| 2009 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2009 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2008 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Silicon Valley Regional  |  |  |
| 2006 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Galileo Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2004 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2003 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2003 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2003 | Sacramento Regional |  | Out before the top four |
| 2002 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 214.5 | 56 / 3708 | 98.5 | 36-28-0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 81.4 | 84 / 3687 | 97.7 | 30-18-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 34.8 | 215 / 3475 | 93.8 | 27-15-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 57.1 | 147 / 3284 | 95.6 | 29-16-0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 50.1 | 35 / 3053 | 98.9 | 40-12-0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 41.0 | 10 / 3763 | 99.8 | 46-10-1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 154.8 | 13 / 3617 | 99.7 | 34-9-0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 148.2 | 20 / 3331 | 99.4 | 37-10-0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 79.0 | 6 / 3114 | 99.8 | 37-7-0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 82.8 | 21 / 2873 | 99.3 | Not applicable (qual average) | 5 |
| 2014 | 76.6 | 39 / 2697 | 98.6 | 47-5-0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 53.7 | 88 / 2510 | 96.5 | 21-7-1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 19.2 | 117 / 2332 | 95.0 | 32-11-0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 46.5 | 32 / 2053 | 98.5 | 9-6-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4.1 | 51 / 1801 | 97.2 | 24-5-0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 23.2 | 233 / 1675 | 86.1 | 24-5-3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 11.7 | 730 / 1498 | 51.3 | 7-6-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3.8 | 1042 / 1295 | 19.6 | 1-5-0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5.5 | 869 / 1125 | 22.8 | 5-12-0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 8.0 | 391 / 747 | 47.7 | 4-7-1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 42.4 | 59 / 932 | 93.8 | 18-5-0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 15.9 | 591 / 785 | 24.7 | 14-17-1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11.5 | 239 / 641 | 62.8 | 4-4-1 | 1 |

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