A true story
The journey of the Amigos Droids team, world champions in 2026 and co-creators of Fx4, opens the experience with emotional engagement and marks the transition into the simulation.
10 min.
Fx4 Workshop
How does your team play
How does your team play
when the game gets serious?
In the Fx4 Workshop, the robot is the pretext and the team is the subject. In a lighthearted competition, with hands-on technology, little time and limited resources, each person's attitudes come to the surface. At the end, the team reflects on what those attitudes reveal about culture and focus on results.
Participants' overall rating: 4.76 out of 5.
The problem
The challenge is rarely
The challenge is rarely
a lack of competence
Many teams have talent and clear goals, but are slow to turn ideas into results at the speed the context demands.
- They take too long to move from idea to execution.
- They plan too much and test too little.
- They struggle to adapt decisions when the scenario changes.
- They confuse activity with value creation.
- They explain results by a lack of resources, not by the way they work.
Lecture-based training rarely changes this behavior, because it explains the problem without making the team live it.
How it works
The robot is the pretext.
The robot is the pretext.
The team is the subject.
An experience in four moments.
The journey in 4 moments · about 80 seconds
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Forming the teams
Job titles and seniority are set aside. Everyone “goes back to high school” and each table becomes a competition team, with a robot, simple materials, rules and little time.
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Robotics tournament in 3 cycles
Teams plan, build, test and compete in matches against the other teams. Time is short and resources are limited.
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From the game to work
Before the final result, a reflection guided by questions connects what happened in the game to real situations in the company. Each participant leaves with a small, concrete experiment for the following week. The experience ends with the awards.
No prerequisites
No prior experience needed
No prior experience needed
in robotics or programming
The robot arrives ready and the challenge is a team one: deciding, building and testing.
What changes
A hands-on experience of
A hands-on experience of
changing mindset
The essence of Fx4 is learning by doing: reading the context, testing fast and working with what you have, instead of justifying what is missing.
- FromReactiveToProactive
- FromPredictableToCreative
- FromComplainingToAdapting
- FromSilo thinkingToStrategic view
During the simulation, job titles and seniority are set aside. This reveals contributions and leadership that routine and formal structure tend to hide.
Applications
Two formats,
Two formats,
one principle
Development workshop
- Duration
- 3 to 4 hours
- Participants
- 12 to 60 at the same time
- Best for
- Leadership meetings, team development, conventions
Recruitment workshop
- Duration
- 90 to 120 minutes
- Participants
- 12 to 60 at the same time
- Best for
- Selecting trainees and internal promotions
Facilitated by Sérgio Lana, with 1 monitor for every 20 participants. In person, at your company or at a venue of your choice. We work in any city in Brazil.
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Facilitation
Who leads it
Sérgio Lana is the coach and founder of the Amigos Droids team, with more than 20 years in project management, strategic leadership and entrepreneurship. He holds a master's degree in Strategic Management and is a guest professor at Fundação Dom Cabral. During the experience, he works with adult monitors, most of them former robotics athletes.
The origin
Inspired by a
Inspired by a
world champion team
The Workshop game was born from the experience of the Amigos Droids team, which won the Inspire Award at the 2026 FIRST Championship, in a competition with almost 9,000 teams from 57 countries. The Workshop brings to companies the dynamics the team lives in competition: a clear goal, little time, limited resources and team decisions.
Results
A few hours of competition that
A few hours of competition that
say a lot about your team
What participants say.
Being put under pressure with a hands-on exercise, which made us reflect on critical decisions at various moments that apply to our day-to-day work.
Participant, Rockwell AutomationThe experience brought a number of insights, especially the fact that there were not enough resources for every task, and we had to prioritize and choose things to leave aside.
Participant, Rockwell AutomationA clear demonstration of planning, discipline, teamwork, focus on value and continuous improvement.
Participant, Rockwell AutomationThe reminder that a mistake is an invitation to learn.
NPS 94
Net Promoter Score
4.76 of 5
overall rating of the experience
94%
believe the experience would be useful at other moments for the team
Reaction survey with 17 responses across two sessions: Rockwell Automation (9) and SESI (8). NPS = % of scores 9 and 10 minus % of scores 0 to 6.
Organizations that have lived the experience
Before we talk
Frequently asked questions
Isn't it just a game? Work is different.
The context is different, the behaviors are the same: deciding with little information, prioritizing, testing and adapting. The final reflection connects what happened in the game to real situations in the company.
Does my team need to know robotics?
No. The robot arrives ready and the challenge is a team one.
We already use agile methods. Does this make sense for us?
Yes. Having the method does not guarantee the behavior. The experience shows, in practice, how the team decides and adapts under pressure.
How many people can take part?
From 12 to 60 at the same time, with 1 monitor for every 20 participants.
Does the workshop assess people individually?
No. It is a team learning experience, not a performance assessment. In the recruitment format, the activity makes it possible to observe behavior in a practical situation.
What does the company need to provide?
A room, tables, a projector and internet. Robots, materials, arena and facilitation are provided by Fx4 Brasil.
Where do you operate?
Anywhere in Brazil.
How much does it cost?
The investment depends on the format, the number of participants and the location. We present the proposal in a short conversation.
Let's talk about
your team
In 30 minutes, we understand where your team stands and recommend the most suitable format.
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