Yesterday, a group of students from CILFA visited the Robo sapiens & Cie, a space to understand and reflect on the role ofrobots in our daily lives.

The educational activity began with a casual get-together at a café in Cran Gevrier, a town located right next to Annecy, home to the “La Turbine” cultural center. The students discussed with their teacher (in French as a Foreign Language, of course) the role of robots in their personal lives: Do they use them at home? Are there many of them in their countries?

The group then went to the “Robo sapiens & Cie” area at La Turbine, where a guide welcomed the students as well as a few children and adults who had signed up for the tour.

After a brief presentation, the group got to work building robots out of Legos. Once the creators had presented their robots, the participants moved to a large room where they were able to interact with a “Google Home” voice assistant, among other things. For many, this was their first time experiencing this voice-controlled speaker, which is quite impressive. It can be very useful for French classes because you can ask it to translate words, and it responds instantly!

The visit ended with the creation of robots made from multifunctional cubes. The students came up with various robots, and the results were impressive!

The “La Turbine” cultural center consists of three sections: a media library, a science section, and a movie theater. CILFA students visit it regularly as part of their educational activities because the programming there is very interesting: http://www.laturbine.fr

Other examples of activities offered by our school: https://www.tezdev.cilfa.fr/activites-pedagogiques/

A look back at the event in photos (don’t forget to read the captions!):