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Hello Robot: BFH brings robotics to shopping centres

The Hello Robot exhibition offers an engaging glimpse into how humans and machines might collaborate in the future. This interactive display will tour Coop shopping centres in the Bern-Biel region from August onwards.

07.08.2025 until 11.11.2025 – shopping centres in the Bern-Biel region

Factsheet

  • Start date 07.08.2025
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  • End date 11.11.2025
  • Place shopping centres in the Bern-Biel region
  • Costs free

Hello Robot explores how humans and robots can work together in future. Visitors can experience robotics designed with people in mind through hands-on activities.

At one station, you choose a pattern, and a robot brings it to life. At another, you build a tower with blocks, and the robot mirrors your creation. A third station lets you combine simple code blocks to change a robot’s actions; or you can speak to a robot and see it respond.

The exhibition vividly demonstrates how new approaches to human-machine interaction are making robots more accessible. The potential for simple, flexible interaction with robots opens up exciting new applications for robotics in fields as diverse as manufacturing, construction and healthcare, far beyond the experimental setting of Hello Robot.

Hello Robot on Tour

The travelling exhibition Hello Robot has been set up by BFH’s strategic thematic field Humane Digital Transformation.  It will open on 7 August at the Coop Centre Bahnhof Biel-Bienne before travelling to various shopping centres in the region. Visit Hello Robot at a Coop location near you:

  • Coop Centre Bahnhof Biel-Bienne: 7 to 19 August 2025
  • Schönbühl Center: 21 August to 2 September 2025
  • Wankdorf Center, Bern: 4 to 16 September 2025
  • Heimberg Center: 18 to 30 September 2025
  • Lyssach Center: 2 to 14 October 2025
  • Center Boujean, Biel: 16 to 28 October 2025
  • Ilfis Center, Langnau im Emmental: 30 October to 11 November 2025

Who are the experts behind the robots?

  • Social Robot (Learn): Sang-il Kim and Thomas Bürkle, School of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Tower Building (Teach): Norman Baier, School of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Tic Tac Toe (Play): Lucas Renfer, School of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Robot Roofing (Create): Maria Smigielska, School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering

More Robots? Demos, Q&A, Deep Dives

Anyone who got a taste for robotics at "Hello Robot" can dive even deeper into the world of robots at a series of small events together with students and lecturers from BFH.

The small-scale "Hello Robot" events offer a low-threshold opportunity to talk informally with BFH students and lecturers, ask them questions, and learn more about robotics. No registration is needed – just drop by, start a conversation, and explore the world of robotics!

Date Title Description Time Location
Thursday, 7 August 2025 Opening Opening of the Coop Roadshow in Biel and launch event. 12:00 Coop Centre Biel/Bienne
Saturday, 9 August 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Coop Centre Biel/Bienne
Saturday, 9 August 2025 Talk with robots Meet a social robot live on site. 10:00–14:00 Coop Centre Biel/Bienne
Wednesday, 13 August 2025 Yellow Robot Easy programming for children aged 8 to 15. 15:00–17:00 Coop Centre Biel/Bienne
Saturday, 16 August 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Coop Centre Biel/Bienne
Saturday, 23 August 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Schönbühl Center (near Bern)
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 Yellow Robot Easy programming for children aged 8 to 15. 15:00–17:00 Schönbühl Center (near Bern)
Saturday, 30 August 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Schönbühl Center (near Bern)
Saturday, 30 August 2025 Talk with robots Meet a social robot live on site. 10:00–14:00 Schönbühl Center (near Bern)
Saturday, 6 September 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Wankdorf Center, Bern
Wednesday, 10 September 2025 Yellow Robot Easy programming for children aged 8 to 15. 15:00–17:00 Wankdorf Center, Bern
Saturday, 13 September 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Wankdorf Center, Bern
Saturday, 13 September 2025 Talk with robots Meet a social robot live on site. 10:00–14:00 Wankdorf Center, Bern
Saturday, 20 September 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Heimberg Center (near Thun)
Saturday, 20 September 2025 Talk with robots Meet a social robot live on site. 10:00–14:00 Heimberg Center (near Thun)
Wednesday, 24 September 2025 Yellow Robot Easy programming for children aged 8 to 15. 15:00–17:00 Heimberg Center (near Thun)
Saturday, 27 September 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Heimberg Center (near Thun)
Saturday, 4 October 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Lyssach Center (near Solothurn)
Saturday, 4 October 2025 Talk with robots Meet a social robot live on site. 10:00–14:00 Lyssach Center (near Solothurn)
Wednesday, 8 October 2025 Yellow Robot Easy programming for children aged 8 to 15. 15:00–17:00 Lyssach Center (near Solothurn)
Saturday, 11 October 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Lyssach Center (near Solothurn)
Saturday, 18 October 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Center Boujean Biel
Wednesday, 22 October 2025 Yellow Robot Easy programming for children aged 8 to 15. 15:00–17:00 Center Boujean Biel
Saturday, 25 October 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Center Boujean Biel
Saturday, 25 October 2025 Talk with robots Meet a social robot live on site. 10:00–14:00 Center Boujean Biel
Saturday, 1 November 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Ilfis Center Langnau Emmental
Saturday, 1 November 2025 Talk with robots Meet a social robot live on site. 10:00–14:00 Ilfis Center Langnau Emmental
Wednesday, 5 November 2025 Yellow Robot Easy programming for children aged 8 to 15. 15:00–17:00 Ilfis Center Langnau Emmental
Saturday, 8 November 2025 Experience robots with BFH students Live from BFH: Robot demo and study insights. 10:00–14:00 Ilfis Center Langnau Emmental