Computing·Artificial Intelligence·conceptual
Real-World Robots
What a robot really is — not the sci-fi version; robots in factories, robot vacuum cleaners, robot arms in surgery; that robots follow instructions given by people
Suggested ages 5–7
Evidence of understanding
- Describe what a robot is (a machine that follows instructions to do a task)
- Name at least three real robots and what they do
- Explain that robots are not alive and do not have feelings — they follow instructions people wrote
Assessment prompt
If Real-World Robots saw a robot vacuum cleaner, could they explain how it's different from a person cleaning — that it follows instructions rather than thinking for itself?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.