EXPLORE THE WORLD OF

ROBOTS
Complete these activities using the ROBOTS GUIDE ⇨ robotsguide.com Enjoy!

NAME: _______________________________

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 MY FAVORITE ROBOT
Go to the ROBOTS GUIDE ⇨ robotsguide.com and click on some of the robots
you find interesting! Which is your favorite?

My favorite robot is: __________________

✐ Draw your favorite robot:

Why do you like this robot?

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 SPOT THE DIFFERENCES
Circle the 6 things that are different between these two pictures.

FUN FACTS: Wakamaru is a friendly helper robot that can talk

to people, recognize faces, and shake hands.

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 ROBOT PARTS
Use the list of ROBOT PARTS to help you label this robot.

1.
2.

FUN FACTS: PR2 can

3. clean up tables and
fold towels. It uses
strong motors
to move its
shoulders,
elbows, and
wrists. It has
a computer not
inside its head but
hidden near the wheels.
4.

5.

6.

ROBOT PARTS:
COMPUTER MOTOR ARM
CAMERA WHEELS GRIPPER
ANSWER: 1. CAMERA; 2. MOTOR; 3. ARM; 4. GRIPPER; 5. WHEELS; 6. COMPUTER

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 ROBOT JOKES
Enjoy this collection of robot jokes. Share them with your friends!

WHAT IS A ROBOT’S FAVORITE KIND OF MUSIC?

HEAVY METAL!

BEEP
BOOP

WHAT DO YOU CALL

A PIRATE DROID?
ARRR-2-D2

WHAT IS A ROBOT’S
FUN FACTS: RoboThespian is a FAVORITE SNACK?
robotic actor that tells jokes MICRO-CHIPS!
during its performances.

WHY DID THE ROBOT

WHAT IS A ROBOT’S GO ON A BOAT?
FAVORITE DANCE MOVE? BECAUSE IT’S A
THE ROBOT! ROW-BOAT!

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 ROBOT JOBS
Draw a line to connect each of these robots to the task you think it can do.

UR ●
● Take a picture
from the sky

Roomba ● ● Move boxes in

a factory

● Help firefighters
Aquanaut ● put out a fire

● Swim
underwater
Phantom ●

● Clean dust
from the floor
Colossus ●

OPTIONAL (ADVANCED): Explain why you think robots are important.

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 ROBOT FACE-OFF
Look at the two robots below and circle the one that you want to have.

Aibo Nao

Explain your choice:

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OPTIONAL (ADVANCED): Go to the ROBOTS GUIDE ⇨ robotsguide.com and play the

Robot Face-off game. Which Star Wars robot do most people say is cooler: R2-D2 or C-3PO?

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 WHO’S WHO?
Look at the photos and the list of ROBOT NAMES and try to match them.
TIP: If you don’t know some of these robots, you can search their names
on the ROBOTS GUIDE ⇨ robotsguide.com

1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________

5. __________ 6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________

ROBOT NAMES:
Curiosity Root Dash & Dot Paro
Titan QTrobot Emiew Robobee

ANSWER: 1.Emiew; 2. Paro; 3. Curiosity; 4. Titan; 5. Dash & Dot; 6. Robobee; 7. QTrobot; 8. Root

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HOW ROBOTS MOVE
Some robots have wheels, some have legs. Some can fly, some can swim.
For each of the places below, write the name of one robot you think could go there.

Hexa ACM-R5H Aqua

Mavic
Digit

Starship Zipline Husky

STAIRS SAND WATER ROCKS

1._________ 2._________ 3._________ 4._________

OPTIONAL (ADVANCED): Go to the ROBOTS GUIDE ⇨ robotsguide.com and find the

smallest robot. How does it move?

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 ROBOT WORD SEARCH
Can you find the words and the robot names below?

M O T O R Z K D I E S K K T ✓ SENSOR
☐
M P U T E R J F Y G H R A N ☐ MOTOR
X H S B G O V L D M X J M F ☐ COMPUTER
☐ GRIPPER
J E I W P A L C J G K W I C
H E K W S E N S O R M C G F
U E H S D U V J K G K E A X
C C J F H E K W G S K M M T
☐ CUBELETS
O R C I U F E U R Y W Y I A
M G C K C L S M I S T Y E U
P J S H X N Z K P A K Q L D
U R C C K X M S P S D U S L
T O W C U B E L E T S D A S ☐ MISTY
E I D F A M O D R I V I W P
R E E P O I L M S L C L S O
T P J S S K L D F J A K L S
F X O L M I R P Q C M G E J ☐ KAMIGAMI

OPTIONAL (ADVANCED): Go to the ROBOTS GUIDE ⇨ robotsguide.com and pick 4 robots

that you like. Then use a blank sheet of paper to create your own robot word search!

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 ROBOT SHOWDOWN
For each pair of robots, pick the one you think is cooler. Keep going until there’s one robot left.

OR

Valkyrie HRP-4

OR
WHO IS THE
Keepon Furby WINNER?

OR

ANYmal Spot

OR

Dreamer Flobi

OPTIONAL (ADVANCED): Go to the ROBOTS GUIDE ⇨ robotsguide.com and

pick 8 robots that you like and repeat this activity.

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 ROBOTS THAT LOOK LIKE US
The robots below are examples of humanoid robots. They have parts (like arms and legs) that
are similar to ours. Use the Venn diagram to show how they compare to us humans.

Atlas Armar iCub Robonaut Nao Erica

HUMANS HUMANOIDS
What are things What are things that
that only humans
BOTH only humanoid robots
What are things
have or can do? have or can do?
that both humans and
humanoid robots have
or can do?

OPTIONAL (ADVANCED): Explain why you think engineers build robots that look like us.

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 CREATE YOUR OWN ROBOT
Now that you’ve seen what real robots can do and what they look like,
use your imagination to create your own!

✐ Draw your robot design:

My robot’s name is: ___________________

Write 3 things that your robot can do:
1 ____________________________________
2 ____________________________________
3 ____________________________________
OPTIONAL (ADVANCED): Show in your drawing what sensors your robot has.

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 ASK A QUESTION!
Below are questions we’ve received from students from around the world. Write your question
and your name, then ask an adult to send a photo of this page to [email protected] and a
robotics engineer may answer it on the ROBOTS GUIDE ⇨ robotsguide.com

What was the most difficult

robot to build?
—Chloe Do robots think before
they do an action?
—Anders

What type of robot

has not been created yet?
—Nuraz Why do people make
robots look like humans?
—Sonia

Your question:
____________________________
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___________________
YOUR NAME

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