1、 To learn to predict what you may watch by reading questions or statements before watching; To learn to take notes while watching; To talk about your opinions on advantages of small robots over large ones; To talk about other robotic creatures. Flight of the RoboBee RoboBees are small flying robots
2、that are being developed at the Wyss Institute of Harvard University by a team headed by Robert wood. What do you think the RoboBees are used for? Predict what you are going to see. Think and circle the correct word(s) for each sentence. tips: Read questions or statements before watching a video. It
3、s helpful for us to guess what we may watch in the video. 1. RoboBees are like bees in that they fly independently / together, but all work independently / together. 2. Robert Wood is an explorer / a roboticist. 3. In the future, RoboBees could help explorers / policemen and doctors / photographers.
4、 4. All of the RoboBees have crashed / flown successfully. 5. Like bees, every RoboBee has a job to do / obeys a queen bee. 1. Check your answers in Before You Watch. 2. Complete the quotes by Robert Wood with words you hear in the video. 1. . robotics is the _. Its the next big thing to _ in areas
5、from medicine to even things like _. 2. We use nature to _ that we build. 3. .they can be quite useful for applications where you wouldnt _ or an animal. tips Go through the sentences first and predict what words may be used in blanks. 4. If you dont fail, you _. 5. If you want to make something fly
6、, _ in nature. Discuss these questions in groups. 1. What might be some advantages of having many small robots that work together rather than one large robot? 2. Specially, how might RoboBees be used in a future application? We can guess its use from its figure, color, weight, etc. For example, it c
7、an be used for taking photos of bees. After all, its color and figure are like real bees. 3. What other kinds of robots can be created from nature (e.g. a robotic lion or snake)? How might these robots be used? Think about the following things. what it is used for in what shape it is suitable for the use . Write a passage and try to describe a ideal robot in the future. You can describe its appearance, features, functions, etc.
