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What Is a Robot?

Computing · Artificial Intelligence · ages 5-7
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  1. Which is a robot used to clean a floor?

    • A person pushing a mop
    • A robot vacuum cleaner
    • A hand brush for a floor

  2. Which description fits a robot?

    • A machine with computer-controlled moving parts
    • A machine that only plays recorded sound
    • A person controlling a machine's moving parts

  3. Robots feel happy when they finish a job.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. What job does the lesson's surgery robot arm help a doctor do?

    • Moving tools during an operation
    • Joining metal parts in a factory
    • Collecting dust from a floor

  5. A vacuum's instructions say, 'When you detect a chair, turn away and keep cleaning.' It detects a chair. What follows that rule?

    • Turn off and wait beside the chair
    • Keep moving straight into the chair
    • Turn away and keep cleaning

  6. Where do a factory robot's software instructions come from?

    • The robot's happy feelings
    • People write the software
    • The metal parts it picks up

  7. Maya says, 'Every robot works without a person's controls.' Which example shows that her claim is too broad?

    • A doctor guiding a surgery arm
    • A vacuum cleaning by itself
    • A factory arm following a stored plan

  8. Ben says his robot vacuum is alive because it moves by itself. What explains its movement?

    • It has become alive
    • It wants a tidy room
    • Its computer controls its movement
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  1. A robot vacuum cleaner · The robot vacuum uses its computer and moving parts to travel across the floor and collect dust.
  2. A machine with computer-controlled moving parts · A robot is the machine whose computer controls moving parts for a physical job.
  3. False · Finishing a job does not give a robot human feelings.
  4. Moving tools during an operation · The surgery arm helps the doctor move tools. The other jobs belong to the factory arm and vacuum examples.
  5. Turn away and keep cleaning · The stated rule connects detecting a chair with turning away and continuing to clean.
  6. People write the software · People write software. The robot's computer uses it to control its task.
  7. A doctor guiding a surgery arm · The doctor uses controls to guide the surgery arm. This example shows that some robots follow a person's controls.
  8. Its computer controls its movement · Computer-controlled moving parts explain the movement. Moving does not make the vacuum alive.
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