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Imagine What Robots Might Do in the Future

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Describe ways that robots might help people in the future
  • 2Build sentences using the phrase "Robots might help by…"
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Mini Lesson

Robots are already doing amazing things today — and inventors and engineers are dreaming up even more ways robots could help us in the future!

What is a robot?

  • A robot is a machine that can be programmed to do a job automatically.
  • Robots can move, lift, sense, and respond to the world around them.
  • Example: A robot arm in a factory puts cars together — all day, without getting tired.

Where might robots help in the future?

  • At home: A robot could cook dinner, carry groceries, or help an elderly person get up safely.
  • In schools: A robot helper might carry books or read to a student who is sick at home.
  • Outdoors: Robots might plant trees, clean up litter, or put out forest fires.
  • In space: Robots might explore planets too far and too dangerous for humans to visit.

People still design and control robots

  • Every robot starts with a human idea and human instructions.
  • Engineers decide what the robot should do and how it should be safe.
Four places robots might help in the futureFour quadrant cards showing future robot helpers: top-left shows a house labeled At home, top-right shows a tree labeled Outdoors, bottom-left shows a school building labeled At school, bottom-right shows a planet labeled In space. Each card has a simple robot icon.At homeOutdoorsAt schoolIn space
Four places robots might help in the future — at home, outdoors, at school, and in space.
A human inventor designs a robotA person stands at a drawing board sketching a robot. An arrow labeled Human idea points from the drawing to a finished robot on the right. Below is the phrase People build and teach robots.Human ideaPeople build and teach robots.
A human inventor sketches a robot design, which becomes a real robot — every robot starts with a human idea.
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Ask yourself: "What job would I want a robot to do? Who would design and teach that robot?

Vocabulary
Robot
A machine programmed to do a job by itselfe.g. A robot might one day plant trees in a forest.
Future
The time that is yet to comee.g. In the future, robots may explore other planets.
Engineer
A person who designs and builds machinese.g. An engineer plans how the robot moves.
Invent
To create something new for the first timee.g. People invent new tools to solve problems.
Program
Instructions that tell a machine what to doe.g. The robot follows a program written by a human.
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