Welcome to the world of the day after tomorrow, that of Cely! The young girl, awakened by her sleep cropette, must quickly attend the first class of the day with her friend Cyla. The day's programme includes the "Museum of the Past". There, the two children can observe some strange objects from the past. There is talk of a car that ran on petrol and a pineapple that people ate. What an idea! A little further on, Cely and Cyla meet a talking "a-r-b-r-e". Kept alive by robots, the tree tells them about a time when birds flew in the still blue sky and people hummed songs.

Mr. and Mrs. Douzevolt have a boy whom they dream of seeing become beautiful and intelligent. But Dédé only does stupid things, so to remedy this, his father develops a remote control to control his son...

Programmed for all kinds of purposes, from agriculture to space exploration to factories to manufacture all our objects, robots have become indispensable in our daily lives. They can also replace us to perform dangerous or delicate tasks such as surgery or access to inaccessible places. In Asia, in particular, humanoid robots are increasingly collaborating with humans, teaching children to sing for example. They are called cobots, or collaborative robots. Robots are changing the way we live and we will be around them more and more. They impress, fascinate, and especially question...

Ally’s mother, who has been working in Paris for a while, is deeply missed. Fortunately, Ally visits her grandparents every weekend—until one day, she discovers a treasure in their garden: a chess piece!

Her grandfather, delighted to find a new opponent, teaches her all the basic rules. Ally becomes passionate about this demanding game, its techniques, and strategies... Just as she begins to dream of becoming a chess champion, something incredible happens: the greatest grandmaster of all time, Garry Kasparov, accepts a challenge from the company International Business Machines (IBM). He faced off against the supercomputer Deep Blue in February 1996 and defeated it after six games.

This achievement brought renewed attention to the work of researchers in artificial intelligence.

Six informational pages provide more insights into the history of chess and artificial intelligence, completing this album.

“Un jour ailleurs” is a series of stories designed to help children explore major events of the 20th century in an accessible, age-appropriate way.

Today, robots are everywhere: industrial robots, domestic robots, drones, self-driving cars... But do you know how they work? What's the difference between a machine, an automaton, and a robot?

And what about Artificial Intelligence? Progress keeps being made, so we can chat with a bot and a team of robots can beat real football players! Despite these exploits, robots do not have any feelings and cannot react to unpredictable situations. What's the future for robots? Will they replace mankind?