After text activity

I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

Manufacturing work, human being, an essential part, ordinary motors, exact increments, similarly, a particular application, blowtorches, drills, environment, exact sequence, assembly lines, over and over again

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) How does the computer control the robot?

2) What does degree of freedom mean?

3) Where does the robot store the exact sequence of movement?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. Robotic arms are	a) is the robotic arm
2. Most industrial robots work	b) has seven degrees of freedom
3. A human arm, by comparison	c) in auto assembly lines, putting cars together
4. The most common manufacturing robot	d) an essential part of car manufacturing

Exercise 4.Open brackets choosing the right words:

The (term/word) robot comes from the Czech word robota, (generally/often) translated as "forced labor." This (describes/implies) the majority of robots fairly well. Most robots in the world are designed for (heavy/hard), repetitive manufacturing work. They (handle/fulfill) tasks that are difficult, dangerous or boring to human beings.

The speaking module

II. Speaking Exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe using the suggested words and expressions as in example:

joint point, contrivance, two parts, artificial structure, to join, rigidly, to allow,movement

blowtorch a lamp, directing, hot, flame, spot, selected

drill a tool, sharp point, cutting edges, to make, hole, materials, hard

microchip piece, tiny, semiconductor, to carry, electrical circuit

rotating to turn, around, an axis, a center

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1) Question:___________________________________?

Answer: Most robots in the world are designed for heavy, repetitive manufacturing work.

2)Question:_____________________________?

Answer: A typical robotic arm is made up of seven metal segments, joined by six joints.

3)Question:_____________________________?

Answer: One common end effector is a simplified version of the hand, which can grasp and carry different objects.

The writing module

III. Writing exercises:in, over, for, onto, down, through, of.

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suggested words:

Industrial robots are designed to do exactly the same thing, ____ a controlled environment, over and ____again. ____ example, a robot might twist the caps _____ peanut butter jars coming _____ an assembly line. To teach a robot how to do its job, the programmer guides the arm _______ the motions using a handheld controller. The robot stores the exact sequence ___ movements ____ its memory, and does it again and again every time a new unit comes _____ the assembly line .

Exercise 2. Fill in the table with words and expressions from the text

	parts	ability	place
A typical robotic arm is made up
the shoulder is mounted to
Robotic hands often have
a robot might twist

Exercise 3. Compose a story on one of the topics (up to 100 words):

“A typical robotic arm”

“An industrial robot”

“What industrial robots can do”