ILO is a new educational robot, created in Quimper, France.

And describing it as “highly adaptable” would be an understatement.

Designed to teach programming progressively, the ILO robot can be programmed through a mobile app by beginning students. Then, as these students continue learning, there are intermediate lessons, with block coding, through the Vittascience platform.

And for advanced students, ILO can be programmed with the Python language.

The innovations don’t stop there.

ILO can move both forward and sideways. It’s open-source, so users can create and 3D print their own accessories. It’s made for durability, so that parts are easily reparable or replaceable.

In other words, this is a robot designed to travel through the user’s learning journey.

ILO Founder Simon Le Berre shared the story of creating his innovative educational robot, explained its capabilities and discussed what may be coming next!

On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover:

• How Simon first became interested in robotics;

• The story of the ILO, and how he came to create it;

• How the robot evolved, to go from a primary-school learning tool to university-level programming instruction;

• An example of a young student’s programming learning journey, from primary school to learning programming at the university level;

• Some of the features users can create and add to the robot;

• Simon’s creative goal, with ILO;

• How a teacher who isn’t necessarily “technical” can work with the robot;

• Simon’s experience at CES® 2025;

• One of the lessons he learned, from his experience creating the robot;

• What’s next!;

• One of the most “fun” experiences of Simon’s creative journey;

• One of the design challenges of ILO.