Meta Robot Battles TeamBuilding
Four Meta Robot Battles TeamBuilding events over two days in Menlo Park entertained over 100 employees at 1 Hacker Way and 1 Meta Way!
Two of the winning teams are pictured above from March 21st. The team on the right finished ahead of two other teams from Internal Audit with a great time of 45:47. The team on the left beat 5 other teams of Data Protection Technical Program Managers and posted an impressive time of 43:34!
The morning group met inside a conference room inside 1 Hacker Way. We built the robots on rectangular 6 foot tables with chairs. I taped out the arena in an open area of the conference room on the carpet.
After all three teams finished building, we added the Teamworx “built-bot” to the arena and battled four robots for multiple rounds of combat. With a small group, it is easier to keep the robots going after sustaining damage in combat, so generally the teams will battle more rounds. We finished with a “last bot standing finale” that brought cheers and joy to Internal Audit champions!
The afternoon group met at 1 Meta Way, MPK 21, Lobby 6 in route to a beautiful outdoor venue with a covered roof. It featured a large staircase that went to the rooftop garden, which is know for creating an oasis a-top hundreds of thousands of square feet of office space. On a similar note, the space features open atriums with living redwood trees and fresh air from the bay.
MPK 21 was designed by architect Frank Gehry and cost about $300 million. The 525,000 square-foot building can house about 3,000 employees and includes a 3.6-acre rooftop garden, a redwood forest in a courtyard and a tiered outdoor amphitheater akin to a botanical garden.
Our venue faced West with a covered roof about 100 feet above our heads. It featured tables to build on, a great open concrete space to battle, a cow, and a ping-pong table. The name of the space was “Pony Express”, and I remember this because … “why the cow?” Regardless, it was the perfect venue to build and battle robots. The tables offered plenty of room to build, while also encouraging team interaction. The battle area was smooth, flat, concrete, and allowed space for folks to watch and cheer for the battles!
A huge thank you to Meta, to Heidi and Kirtana, and to the awesome folks who built and battled robots!
