Design Your Own Robot:
Post Activities
Now that you have tried the Design-Your-Own-Robot interactive, spend a few moments thinking about what you learned from doing this interactive.
Questions to Think About- In what ways did the robots you created differ from each other?
- Why do robots need to be different for different kinds of tasks?
- Are the six characteristics of robot design enough? Were any characteristics left out?
- What other tasks are particularly suited to robots rather than humans?
- What tasks are robots likely to do in the future that they aren't doing now?
- Do you think robots will increasingly take over jobs currently being done by humans? Why or why not?