What is a robot?

A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.

Have you ever played robot toys?

Do You want to play with the real robots?

Guess what these robots are doing

Playing football

Driving

playing music

dancing

say hello to people

talk with people

Robots

Play with human

do research

Talk with human

Do the housework(cleaning,cooking

……..)

And so on…

Take care of children

act as a policeman

/a seller

Do some shopping

What can a robot do?

clean the plane

Do the labour work

lead the way

Nowadays robots can be made into all kinds of shapesfor various uses.

终结者（阿诺 . 施瓦辛格） T800

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终结者 T10002

“ I, ROBOT”

Speaking & Writing

Imagine you are engineers in a company that makes robots and you have been asked to design a new type of robot. Your robot can be used :(1)In the home (2) In a

workplace

(3)In the street

(4)In the natural environment

(5)In space or anywhere else

You are divided into groups of four to design your robot. You can follow the steps as below:

1.Decide the purpose of the robot.

2. Make a list of the abilities the robot has.

3.Draw a picture on a piece of paper and name its parts and explain what each part does.

4.Write a paragraph describing the robot and what it can do.

5. Introduce your design to your classmates.

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snake

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Tips on designing your robots:

Consider the six major robot characteristics:

1.Looks: What does the robot look like? Is there a reason for it to look as it does?

2.Sensing: How does the robot “know” or figure out what’s in its environment?

3. Movement: How does the robot move?

4.Operation( 操作 ): How does the robot move or operate other objects ?

5.Energy: How is the robot powered?

Can it have more than one energy source?

6.Intelligence( 智慧 ): How does the robot “think”?

It’s your time to design your group’s robot.

You are divided into groups of four to design your robot. You can follow the steps as below:

1.Decide the purpose of the robot.

2. Make a list of the abilities the robot has.

3.Draw a picture on a piece of paper and name its parts and explain what each part does.

4.Write a paragraph describing the robot and what it can do.

5. Introduce your design to your classmates.

What have What have we learned we learned from this from this unit?unit?

Read in chorus for funMy Robot Does My Homework

My robot does my homework.He helps me every night.

The trouble is he doesn't gettoo many answers right.He'd probably do better

at homework but, you see,I built him, so he only knows

the things he learned from me.--Kenn Nesbitt

• 1. Write down and Share the robot you design with your friends.

• 2. search the following websites for more information if possible:

• http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2004-07/16/content_1605363.htm

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/

• 3. Watch a movie with a robot in it, “I, Robot” , for example within 4 days.

Homework

Michelle

A sample writing:

The rubbish collector

The rubbish collector is a robot about half the size of a small car. Its body is square and contains a large rubbish bin inside it. It has a camera attached to the top front of its body. Also at the front is a pair of arms. Underneath it has four wheels and six legs. With the camera it can “see” rubbish such as paper, glass, and plastic. If the surface of the ground is smooth, it runs on its wheels, and if the ground is rough, it unfolds its legs and walks.

When it sees a piece of rubbish, it stops and uses its arms to pick it up and put it in its rubbish bin. However, when it sees a person, an animal or a plant, it goes around it as it is able to recognize when something is not a piece of rubbish.

The company should make this robot as it would be very popular with schools. It would clean the outside grounds of the school and so give the students more time to spend on their studies. It would also be a great advantage to have at sports grounds or any other area where rubbish is dropped by the public.