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    4.  Which block includes components like sensors and microcontrollers?
                       ECOTECH     Tiny RoboBees help pollinate crops. They support farmers when real bee numbers are low.
                       ENERGY                                                                                                                                   (i)  Mechanical Block                     (ii)  Electronic Block

                                                                                                                                                              (iii)  Computational Block                 (iv)  Structural Block

                                                                                                                                                    5.  Mark the category to which Swarm Robots belong.

                                                                                                                                                                (i)  Industrial Robots                    (ii)  Microbots
                         «   A robot is made  up of three  main  parts  or blocks:  mechanical,  electronic  and
                             computational.                                                                                                                   (iii)  Humanoid Robots                     (iv)  Snakebots

                         «   The mechanical  block  includes  the  physical  parts  of the  robot  such  as  the  body,  joints  and
                             actuators.                                                                                                         B.  Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false.

                         «   The electronic block helps the robot sense and understand its environment.                                             1.  Insectbots are typically very large and heavy.

                         «   The computational block acts as the robot's brain, processing information, making decisions and                        2.  Soft snakebots are made from flexible materials.
                             controlling its actions through software and algorithms.

                         «   Robots can be identified by observing how they look, move and perform tasks.                                           3.  All robots are large and used in factories.

                         «   Robots come in many sizes and shapes, depending on what they are made to do.                                           4.  Industrial robots like those from ABB can perform packaging tasks.
                         «   Industrial  robots  are  large, programmable  machines  designed  to  perform  specific  tasks  in                     5.  Humanoid robots like Sophia can display emotions.
                             factories, such as assembly, welding and packaging.

                         «   Humanoid robots are robots designed to resemble, move and behave like humans.                                      C.  Fill in the blanks using the given hints:

                                                                                                                                                    1.  The                 block allows the robot to move and interact with its
                                                                                                                                                       surroundings.                                                                       Hints
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Car
                                                                                                                                                    2.                  are tiny robots less than a millimeter in size.                   Sensors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ABB
                                                                Robo Check                                                                          3.  KUKA robots are used in                   manufacturing plants.                  Mechanical

                      A.  Tick ( ) the correct option.                                                                                              4.                  robots help streamline production by carrying out                Microbots
                                                                                                                                                       repetitive tasks.
                         1.   Select the tiny robot inspired by bees and used for tasks like pollination.
                                                                                                                                                    5.                  act as the robot’s eyes and ears allowing it to detect light,
                                      (i)  RoboFly                              (ii)  DelFly
                                                                                                                                                       sound, distance or movement.
                                    (iii)  Harvard RoboBee                    (iv)  Sophia
                                                                                                                                                COMPETENCY-BASED QUESTIONS
                         2.  Identify the part of a robot described as its brain.
                                                                                                                                                1.  A factory uses a large robotic arm to weld car parts with extreme accuracy. Based on the
                                      (i)  Actuators                            (ii)  Mechanical Block
                                                                                                                                                    three building blocks, which block is responsible for the physical movement of the welding arm
                                    (iii)  Electronic Block                   (iv)  Computational Block                                             and what specific components would it include?

                         3.  Pick the robot that is an example of a humanoid robot.                                                             2.  You are at a tech exhibition and see a robot that can change its shape by rearranging its
                                                                                                                                                    segments to either crawl through a pipe or climb a small wall. What type of robot is this and
                                      (i)  KUKA Robot                           (ii)  ABB Robot                                                     what specific category does it fall under?

                                    (iii)  ASIMO                              (iv)  DelFly

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