Look at the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups,

Robots R Us

Look at the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups,

· What types of robots are there?

· In what everyday situations can you encounter robots?

· When did the first robots appear?

· *What vocabulary associated with robots can you recall?

 

 

VIDEO 10 AMAZING ROBOTS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6feEE716UEk

 

Watch the video. Write the robots’ rankings next to their descriptions.

Humanoid robot that can perform various domestic tasks	10Asimo
Military robot that can be controlled with a smartphone
Miniature flying robot
Rescue robot for the US Army
Robot made to research how cats move
Robot that can help disabled children get to school
Robot that did research for the entire humanity
Self-organizing biomimetic bots
Self-organizing flying domestic robots
Very fast robot with its own engine

Discuss the questions in small groups

Which of these robots is the least useful?

Which of these robots has the most commercial value?

Which robot(s) will really change the world?

 

Read the text and answer the questions

1. What is the origin of the word ‘robot’?

2. What kind of work and what kind of tasks are robot arms designed to perform?

3. Is there any similarity between a human arm and a robot arm? What is it?

4. What industries do robotic arms commonly work in?

 

The Robotic Arm

1) The term robot comes from the Czech word robota, generally translated as "forced labor ".Indeed, most robots in the world are designed for heavy, repetitive manufacturing work. They handle tasks that are difficult, dangerous or boring to human beings. 2) The most common manufacturing robot is the robotic arm. It consists of a number of joints and links. A robotic joint provides relative motion between two links of the robot. The computer controls the robot by rotating individual step motors connected to each joint. Unlike ordinary motors, step motors move in exact increments. This allows the computer to move the arm very precisely, repeating exactly the same movement over and over again. The robot uses motion sensors to make sure it moves just the right amount. 3) An industrial robot closely resembles a human arm - it has the equivalent of a shoulder, an elbow and a wrist. Typically, the shoulder is mounted to a stationary base structure rather than to a movable body. 4) Your arm's job is to move your hand from place to place. Similarly, the robotic arm's job is to move an end effector from place to place. You can outfit robotic arms with all sorts of end effectors, which are suited to a particular application. One common end effector is a simplified version of the hand, which can grasp and carry different objects. Robotic hands often have built-in pressure sensors that tell the computer how hard the robot is gripping a particular object. This keeps the robot from dropping or breaking whatever it's carrying. 5) Industrial robots are designed to do exactly the same thingover and over again. To teach a robot how to do its job, the programmer guides the arm through the motions using a handheld controller. The robot stores the exact sequence of movements in its memory, and does it again and again every time a new unit comes down the assembly line. Most robots are reprogrammable. To change its behavior, you simply write a new program to its computer. 6) Most industrial robots work in auto assembly lines, putting cars together. Robots can do a lot of this work more efficiently than human beings because they are extremely precise. They always drill in the exactly the same place, and they always tighten bolts with the same amount of force, no matter how many hours they've been working. Manufacturing robots are also very important in the computer industry. It takes an incredibly precise hand to put together a tiny microchip.

labor, nтруд, работа design, v 1) разрабатывать, предназначать; 2) проектировать, конструировать   joint, n – сочленение link, n – звено increment, n – шаг, приращение precisely,adv – точно sensor, n – датчик     rather than, conj – ане end effector, n – рабочийорган   grasp, v – захватывать Syn: grip     guidethrough, v – проводитьчерез, по     drill,v - сверлить tighten, v – затягивать   nomatter – вне зависимости от

GRAMMAR

YES or NO?

- Factory workers expect robots to steal their jobs.

- People love watching robots perform difficult tasks.

- We want robots to look like human beings.

- Robots will cause people to degenerate intellectually.

- Humanoid robots make us feel uncomfortable.

 

How will you translate the sentence:

 

Industry workers expect robots to steal their jobs?

 

- Рабочие ожидают роботов, чтобы занять их места.

 

- Рабочие ожидают, что роботы займут их места.

 

Во всех 5 предложениях выше используется конструкция Сложное дополнение (Complexobject)

 

Choose the correct option

1a	The audience watched the robot overcoming obstacles. The audience watched the robot was overcoming obstacles. The audience watched how the robot overcoming obstacles.
1b
1c
2a	The public doesn’t want that robots to be too smart. The public doesn’t want robots being too smart. The public doesn’t want robots to be too smart.
2b
2c
3a	They are trying to make robots to walk like humans. They are trying to make robots walk like humans. They are trying robots to make walk like humans.
3b
3c
4a	We expect them not to look exactly like us. We expect theynot to look exactly like us. We expect their not to look like us.
4b
4c
5a	Industrial robots allowthat humans and robots to work together. Industrial robots allow humans and robots to work together. Industrial robots allowto work together for humans and robots.
5b
5c
6a	Would you like that a robot look after you when you are sick? Would you like a robot look after you when you are sick? Would you like a robot to look after you when you are sick?
6b
6c
7a 7b 7c	We prefer robots to do monotonous repetitive work. We prefer robots do monotonous repetitive work. We prefer that robots to do monotonous repetitive work.
8a	Industrial robots will force that workers will lose their skills. Industrial robots will force workers to lose their skills. Industrial robots will force workers lose their skills.
8b
8c

 

Robots R Us

Look at the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups,

· What types of robots are there?

· In what everyday situations can you encounter robots?

· When did the first robots appear?

· *What vocabulary associated with robots can you recall?

 

 

VIDEO 10 AMAZING ROBOTS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6feEE716UEk