Robotsactivity book

Name: _______

Class __________

Use different colours to match the two parts of the sentences.

Can robots ‌ be

cars?

do

a cup of tea?

eat

dangerous jobs?

get

food?

look for

dirt?

make

funny ways?

move in

hard?

play

its battery?

work

pets?

recharge

hurt?

make a

the piano?

Now make three questions of your own:

Can robots_________________________________________?

Can robots ________________________________?

Can robots_________________________________?

Recognize 2D shapes

How to make your robot: 1. Make his head from a shape with 5 sides and 5 corners.

2. Make 2 eyes from a shape which has no corners and 1 curved side.

3. Make his nose from a shape which has 3 sides and 3 corners.

4. Make his mouth from any shape which has 1 straight side and 1 curved side.

5. Make his arms and legs from a shape which has 2 long sides and 2 short sides, with 4 corners.

6. Make his body from a shape which has 6 sides and 6 corners.

7. Make his hands and feet from a shape which has 4 sides and 4 corners. All the sides are the same length.

Tommy and Robby the Robots Welcome to the world of robotics!

Meet Tommy and Robby.

Tommy and Robby are identical robots except from their color.

Tommy is red and Robby is green.

Tommy and Robby are small robots. They are only 20 centimeters high.

Tommy and Robby are small but they can play the same games as big robots.

They can play with people too.

Their main ability is to play football. They play football with the help of their special movement program and cameras.

Tommy and Robby are very good players. They can slip away from other players and kick the ball strongly. They can be very exact and kick the ball straight to the gate.

Tommy and Robby are very fast. They can travel at a very high speed. They can travel one meter in one second.

WALL-E Information from Wikipedia 1.

Fill in the blanks using the words in the vocabulary box

Hello! My _____________ is Wall-E and I am a _____________. I am alone on ____________ Earth _____________ the year 2775. I can speak English, but I ______________ have a human voice.

My job is to compact old garbage and to ___________ up the planet because it is very polluted. ______________ can’t live here.

There aren’t any humans on this planet.

I am curious about humans, so I ___________ to collect their things.

My ______________ items are a lighter, plastic forks and spoons, an IPod, a plant and a Rubik’s cube. But my most favorite item is a tape of the Hollywood musical "Hello, Dolly!". I like Planet Earth but I ______________ dust storms, they scare me. I feel a bit lonely here. I _____________ a cockroach – it is my best friend. But I

want more.

2. Read the text and mark TRUE or FALSE 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Wall-E’s only friend is an insect.

It is dangerous for humans to live on Earth.

Wall-E likes his Rubik’s Cube.

Wall- E sounds human.

Wall-E thinks dust storms are scary.

3.

True True True True True

Write the names of Wall-E’s valued possessions.

False False False False False

What do you know about robots?

These are talking robots. They speak English. But each robot has a problem.

It always keeps making the same kind of mistakes. Find the mistakes and correct them.

1.- I is going to the shops -----------------------------------------------She go to the cinema.

-----------------------------------------------The giraffe have got a long neck.

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◘ NOUNS

There are your pen. It are on the table.

◘ ADJECTIVES

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◘ VERBS

Play you football?

◘ ARTICLES

-----------------------------------------------2.- I want a hat small, please.

-----------------------------------------------English is difficult very.

-----------------------------------------------She has got black long hair.

◘ NOUNS

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◘ ADJECTIVES

The blue whale is the larger animal in the world.

◘ VERBS

------------------------------------------------

◘ ARTICLES

3.-Do you want a orange or a apple?

-----------------------------------------------I went to the Italy last year.

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◘ NOUNS

The Maria is five years old.

-----------------------------------------------An elephant is very big animal.

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◘ ADJECTIVES ◘ VERBS ◘ ARTICLES

1- CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY. Look at the robots and write the numbers next to the corresponding words.

Then add the French equivalent.

....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......

ENGLISH an antenna an arm binoculars body a chain claws an ear a finger a foot (2 feet) a hand a head

............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ...............................................

....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......

ENGLISH a knee a leg a mouth a neck round-shaped a screen a shell square-shaped a tail triangle-shaped a wheel

............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ...............................................

2- READ AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND. Read the description. Which robot does it refer to? ..............................................................

What does the mysterious robot look like ? Well, it has got a shell. Has it got any hands and fingers ? No, it hasn’t got any, but it has got some claws. What about its legs ? It has no legs. Instead, there is a detachable plastic stand. It’s completely grey. It has got a round-shaped swivel head with two yellow eyes. Have you found it ? Can you give me some details about its body ?

HOMEWORK : Look at the robot and fill in its description with SOME / ANY or NO. This robot has got a white oval-shaped body and ............................ hair on its head. It has ............................ hands or fingers, but it’s got ............................ claws. Has it got ............................ legs? Yes, it has two legs with small wheels under its feet. It hasn’t got ............................ binoculars, but one beautiful big blue eye in the middle of its face. It can see ........................... small details from a very long distance.

Robots The world robot comes from Czechoslovakia. It first appeared in a 1920 play by the writer Karel Capek called R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) A robot is a machine. But it is not just any machine.

It is a special kind of machine. It is a machine that moves. It follows instructions. The instructions come from a computer. Because it is a machine, it does not make mistakes. And it does not get tired. It can work 20 or more hours without stopping because they are machines not humans. Thousands of robots work in factories these days. They’re very useful on production lines. That’s where something like a car or a TV is put together piece by piece. Production line work is very tiring and boring for human workers.

It means they have to do the same thing thousands of times every year.

But, of course, robots never get tired or bored.

Robots are all around us. Some robots are used to make things. For example, robots can help make cars, computers and other robots. Apart from working in factories, they do all kinds of jobs which are difficult or dangerous for us. Here are just a few examples: they can help to defuse bombs, work under the sea, take photos and collect rocks on planets like Mars without risking human life and work underground helping to find metals and minerals .Some robots are used to explore dangerous places.

For example, robots can help explore volcanoes, go down inside an ocean where humans cannot go and travel to the moon without a special mask.

Some robots are used to clean things. These robots can help vacuum your house and clean the dishes. Some robots can even recognize words. They can answer telephone calls.

Some robots look like humans. But most robots do not. Most robots just look like machines.

There are also tiny robots that help in medicine. They are very little and can go inside the human body because they measure 1milimeter long.

They can help people by cutting away fat around the heart to stop heart attacks. Besides, using tiny robots is cheaper and safer.

Today’s robots are more intelligent than ever before. In the future, they’ll be able to work in homes, offices, shops … almost everywhere.

Decide whether these statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. The word robot appeared for the first time in the 19th century. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 2. There are lots of robots working in factories. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _____________________________ 3. Robots do boring jobs in factories. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 4. Factory workers like to work on production lines. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 5. Today’s robots are as intelligent as robots in the past. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________ Give complete answers to these questions.

What are robots? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 2.

Why don’t factory workers like to work on production lines? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 3.

What jobs do robots do in factories? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 4.

What other jobs do robots do? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________ A. 1.

Complete the following graphic organizer with complete sentences:

Robots Timeline: Use one of the following apps to créate Robots Tiemline http://www.aulaplaneta.com/2014/11/04/recursos-tic/seis-herramientas-para-crear-lineas-de-tiempo/

1495

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Leonard da Vinci sketched a humanoid robot

1700/1900

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a number of life-sized automatons were created including a famous mechanical duck made by Jacques de Vaucanson that could move its neck, flap its wings and swallow food.

1920

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The word robot is used by the Czech writer Karel Capek in a play called "R.U.R." or "Rossum's Universal Robots"

1932

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The first true robot toy was produced in Japan. The ‘Lilliput’ was a wind-up toy which walked.

1941

 science fiction writer Isaac Asimov first used the word "robotics" to describe the technology of robots. "Robotics" is now an accepted word which describes all technologies associated with robots.

1942

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Isac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics in his story Runaround related with ethics and robotics.

A robot may not injure a human being A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

1954

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1956

 George Devil and Joseph Engelberger form the world's first robot company.Squee, the electronic robot squirrel invented

1961

 first industrial robot was "employed" in a General Motors automobile factory in New Jersey.It was called UNIMATE.

1968

 Hal 9000 the computer in the film 2001 controls the Discovery spaceship. Hal can recognize faces and voices and can process language .

1970

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Shakey was introduced as the first mobile robot controlled by artificial intellence. It was produced by SRI International.

1977

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The First Star Wars movie is released."Star Wars", portray robots such as "C3PO" and "R2D2" as man's helpers.

Many robots take on a human appearance. These robots which are made to look human are called "androids”

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An American creates the Unimate, a robotic lifting arm, considered the first industrial robot

1986

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The first LEGO based educational products are put on the market and Honda launches a project to build a walking humanoid robots

1994

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Dante ll eight-legged walking robot, descends into Mount Spur to collect volcanic gas samples

1997

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The remotely controlled robot Sojourner on Mars, about the size of a microwave begins roaming the surface of Mars. It sent back 550 pictures of the Martian landscape and more that 15 chemical analyses of rocks and soils.

1999



Sony designed the first robotic pet dog, Aibo, to be sold at 2,000 dollars.

It has the ability to learn, entertain and communicate with its owner.

2000

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Honda designs ASIMO, the next generation in its series of humanoid robots

2004

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Epsom release the smallest known robot, standing 7cm high and weighing just 10 grams. The robot helicopter is intended to be used as a ‘flying camera’ during natural disasters.

2005

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Sony Corp. designs humanoid robot QRIO, which can recognize boxes and play with them like building blocks.

2007

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The first robotic coronary artery bypass surgery is done using a Da Vinci robot that allowed surgeons to do very small incisions on the patient’s chest

2008

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Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner has sold over 2.5 million units, proving that there is a strong demand for this type of domestic robotic technology.

2010

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30 robots started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city

2011

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a pair of robots are sent to explore buildings inside the Fukushima nuclear reactor Two "Lingodroids," created by the University of Queensland in Australia began talking to each other in a language of their own (vocabulary for places, distances and directions.)

2014

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robot Pepper can decipher emotions.

2015

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an autonomous car completed a 3,400 mile coast-to-coast US road trip with 99% of the trip driven without human assistance

2017

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at Shanghai electronics show, new generation of robots, built to serve as companions at home, attendants at shopping centres or provide entertainment.