Lesson: 20V ESR What is a Robot?
This lesson introduces Robotics by describing the 4 characteristics of all robots and the 4 reasons humans use robots.
1) Watch this video which explores the question: What is a Robot?
2) Check out the robots below.... can you figure out how they "sense their environment" and which of the 4 D's they represent?
• Medical (DaVinci Robot)
• Military (Big Dog Robot)
• Domestic (Atlas Robot)
• Industrial (Kiva Robot)
3) Find your own video of a cool robot that you can share with your Squad later:
What does it do?
How can you tell it is "sensing its environment" & "responding to instructions"?
4) Answer these questions:
What are 4 characteristics of a Robot?
What are the 4 D’s (why we use robots)?
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