This is Big Dog – a robot developed for military use – it is very stable and can carry materials as well as people.

A) In Word write about Robotics (answer these questions) with a paragraph on each

1. How lifelike are today’s robots?
2. Can a robot make a human think it is another human?
3. What is the Turing test?
4. Who was Alan Turing?
5. What was Bletchley Park?
6. What was an Enigma machine?
7. What was Colossus?
8. Find some information about Big Dog
9. What can Big Dog do?
10. Are there any  robots which act like humans?
11. Are there any companies which sell robots?
12. Do you think robots are a good or bad thing? Say why.

B) Configure the video settings for the Bamzooki Simulator and Motion Player to ‘Windowed’ so that they start in a new window.

 

Start the Bamzooki Simulator

Have a go with different zooks

Now work on your own zook

Homework – Read about Robots here http://42explore.com/robots.htm