Bastien Gaffet

Robotics / AI / Computer Vision

• Designed and built a robotic arm playing Connect Four autonomously against a human opponent.
• Minimax algorithm with custom heuristics for optimal decision-making up to depth 6.
• Python + OpenCV pipeline for real-time board state recognition via camera feed.
• Arduino UART serial link between the Python decision engine and the physical arm.

Humanitarian Project / Morocco

• Volunteered in a village near Chicker to build an additional classroom for a school unable to self-fund construction.
• Since 2016, Moroccan law requires school access from age 4. The existing room housed 40 primary students across 4 year levels simultaneously.
• On-site tasks: fabricating rebar from raw steel, stone-laying for foundations, trenching for toilet drainage, manual concrete mixing and slab pouring.
• Produced the initial architectural plans for the new classroom in collaboration with the local development association.

Volunteering / Association Management

• Member of a sports club board. Administrative management, event organisation and coordination between members and governing bodies.
• Collective responsibilities in a voluntary associative setting.

Lycee Descartes, Tours

• Preparatory classes for engineering schools. Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Sciences.
• TIPE research on epoxy resin mechanical properties in composite structures under stress.

Lycee Vaucanson, Tours

• Mention Tres Bien, felicitations du jury (highest honours with distinction).
• Specialisations: Maths, Physique-Chimie, Maths Expertes.