What is a Robot Stem Robotics 101 Unit

What is a Robot? Stem Robotics 101 Unit 1 Overview: This unit begins with a look at robots in general, followed by an introduction to the NXT robotics kit. Student then explore the NXT kit, learn about structural building, gearing and Faraday's Law. The culminating project has students combine all this learning into the creation of an NXT-based Faraday Golfing Machine.

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1. 1. 2 What is a Robot? Overview: The goal of this lesson is to draw out student's preconceptions of robots and explore the variety and ambiguity of "What is a Robot? " Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. List examples of robots (real and fictional) 2. State characteristics of a robot 3. Describe examples of how robots sense their environment 4. Describe examples of how robots follow instructions 5. Identify different types of robots and state an example of each 6. Describe reasons humans use robots in certain applications

What is a Robot? • What are the distinguishing characteristics of a robot? (How can you tell whether something is a robot, or not)? • It is manufactured (man-made, does not occur in nature) • It can sense its environment • It can respond to instructions • What are some examples of robots? • Real robots • Fictional robots • Describe how these robots match the three characteristics above: • Real robots • Fictional robots

What is a Robot? • What is the difference between a robot and a machine? • Some feel a machine must also be capable of movement to be a robot. • What do you think? • Why? • What about a Washing Machine? • Is this a robot, or a machine? • Why? • What about an electronic gate at a railway crossing? • Is this a robot, or a machine? • Why?

What is a Robot? Why do we have robots? What is the advantage? • The 4 D's: Dull work Dirty work Dangerous work Delicate work Here are 6 types of real robots. What is meant by each? Give an example of each. • Medical (Da. Vinci) • Military (Big Dog) • Industrial (Kiva) • Domestic (Petman) • Entertainment • Exploratory

What is a Robot? Changing the Classrooms with Robotics (3: 57) http: //youtu. be/pj. Wck. Rn. HAi. Y ROBOTS by Dan Mangan official music video (4: 10) http: //www. youtube. com/watch? feature=player_detailpage&v=a. Rc. XULN 6 mp 4 Flying Bird: Machine or Robot? (6: 20) http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Fg_Jc. KSHUt. Q PW Singer on military robots and the future of war (18: 34) http: //www. ted. com/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war. html Your new best friend may be a robot (13: 45) http: //cnn. com/video/? /video/tech/2011/02/13/ted. cynthia. breazeal. robots. ted