4. What is a robot? A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer.

5. Have you ever played robot toys?

7. Do You want to play with the real robots?

9. Guess what these robots are doing

10. Playing football

11. Driving

12. playing music

13. dancing

15. say hello to people talk with people

16. clean the plane Do the labour work

17. lead the way

19. 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?

20. Nowadays robots can be made into all kinds of shapes for various uses.

21. Let’s look at the pictures below and see what robots can look like.

22. Spider What can robots look like?

23. Dinosaur

24. Dragonfly

25. Snake

26. Mantis ( 螳螂 )

27. 螳螂 Humans

28. Huge arm

29. Why do we use Robots? never get bored / get sick / need to rest; do things more efficiently do it without any risks or problems.

30. Let’s look at some movie posters below which are about robots. Do you know the names of these movies?

31. I, Robot 机械公敌

32. Terminator 终结者

33. Edward Scissorhands 剪刀手爱德华

34. The Matrix 黑客帝国

35. AI - Artificial Intelligence 人工智能

36. Robots 机器人历险记

37. Doraemon 机器猫

38. Speaking 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

39. 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.

40. Read in chorus for fun My Robot Does My Homework My robot does my homework. He helps me every night. The trouble is he doesn't get too 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