After text activity

I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

Unimation robots, transfer machines, actuators, various joints, for some time, industrial robots, potential use, assembly, arc welding, with support from, articulated robot , domestic market

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) How were unimation robots also called?

2) What did Victor Scheinman invent?

3) When did interest in robotics swell?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. They were accurate	a) a second arm for the MIT AI Lab.
2.Scheinman then designed	b) included Automatix and Adept Technology.
3. In 1973 KUKA Robotics built	c) to within 1/10.000 of an inch.
4. Us start-ups	d) its first robot.

Exercise 4: Open brackets choosing the right words:

Unimation robots were also( called/named) programmable transfer machines since their( main/general) use at first was to transfer objects from one point to another,( less/more) than a dozen feet or so apart.

The speaking module

II. Speaking Exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe axis, robot, welding, assembly, machine using the suggested words and expressions as in example:

axis . a line; a body, to rotate, about example: A line about which a body rotates.

robot a mechanism, to move,automatically,can

welding fastening,metal,softening,heat,pressure

assembly a unit, the component ,a mechanism, machine, similar device.

machine A combination, resistant, bodies, definite motions, capable of, useful work.

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1) Question:___________________________________?

Answer: George Devol applied for the first robotics patents in 1954.

2) Question:_____________________________?

Answer: Unimation robots were also called programmable transfer machines.

3) Question:_____________________________?

Answer: Interest in robotics swelled in the late 1970s and many companies entered the field.

The writing module

III. Writing exercises:

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suggested words: also, since, at, to, from, or, in, of, during.

Unimation robots were ______ called programmable transfer machines ____ their main use __ first was __ transfer objects ____ one point __ another, less than a dozen feet ___so apart. They used hydraulic actuators and were programmed ____ joint coordinates, i.e. the angles __ the various joints were stored ______ a teaching phase and replayed __ operation. They were accurate to _______ 1/10,000 of an inch.

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

	parts	ability	place
Example: their main use at first was to transfer objects	-------	----------	from one point to another
In 1969 Victor Scheinman invented
many companies entered
Only a few non-Japanese companies managed

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

“Unimation robots.”

“The Stanford arm.”

“The first articulated robot.”