BBOT, LangChain, Google, Teambuilding A BBOT, LangChain, Google Teambuilding barrage included talented people from a wide range of professional focus. BBOT kicked off the tour with an exhilarating 100 person, 20 Robot, event in South San Francisco. All 20 teams made a functioning battle robot and lasted most of the battles. I counted 18 robots…
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Microsoft and Netflix Teambuilding Microsoft and Netflix Studios Teambuilding events, both at the corporate headquarters, started off our year with high stakes robot battles. We traveled straight up I-5 through Portland, and all the way to Redmond WA, just outside of Seattle, to the vaunted Microsoft Headquarters. The groups we worked with were spirited competitors…
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Five Cities Six Events Our “Five Cities Six Events” Robot Build and Battle tour was a huge success. Starting in Sunnyvale with 12 teams from Google building and battling robots (winning team pictured above), to Menlo Park for 14 teams at Meta HQ (winning team pictured above), and then back-to-back events with business neighbors in…
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Netflix DoorDash and SandCastles Netflix DoorDash and SandCastles highlighted the last two weeks of team building events. Netflix and DoorDash both competed in the Robot Build and Battle 1 team building event with spectacular results. Netflix hosted the event in Los Gatos, the place my daughter wants to live due solely to its name, and…
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Fast Times @ Google Fast Times @ Google who had a team post the fastest robot build time of 2025 with a time of 29:36 making them the 27th fastest team All-Time, and third fastest Google team All-Time! The Top Times in 2025 Google 29:36 10/9/25 (pictured above) Netflix 30:08 6/26/25 Incode 30:43 10/2/25 Henry…
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OpenAI Robot Team Event An OpenAI Robot Team Event was a huge success! 15 teams gathered at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa to build and battle robots on an outside meeting area. The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa is an ideal and bucolic place to meet and inspire people. It was a…
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300 Leaders Robot Racing A 300 Leaders Robot Racing event in Uncasville Connecticut at the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort was a gigantic success with Legrand. Legrand is a global leader in electrical and digital building infrastructure, recognized for innovation, reliability, and sustainability. With operations in nearly 90 countries, the company combines strong local presence…
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Pentel Coloring Team Event A Pentel Coloring Team Event to celebrate their 60th anniversary was a huge success, with 130 people creating a 16 foot x 9 foot massive mural! Pentel offers artists a wide spectrum of tools blending precision, color intensity, and versatility. Their portfolio includes gel pens that deliver ultra-fine, smooth lines; brush…
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Intuitive Surgical and Google Intuitive Surgical and Google each had a chance to build and battle robots this week. Two companies known for innovation didn’t disappoint on modifications to the attack arm. One of the great aspects of the Robot Build and Battle team event is the ability to modify the attack arm for strategic…
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Robot Racing with Marvell Robot Racing with Marvell at our 6th annual team building was a huge success. 190 people and 19 teams each built a custom robot racer and traded with each other to improve the possibilities. We utilized the same space as previous years when we built and battled robots with 12 to…
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