Newsela Article: Atlas the Robot

What is the name of the robot in the article you read?

• Terminator

• Atlas

• Bob

• Atilla

What is a robot?

• A machine that can do things similar to a human.

• A human that can do things similar to a machine.

Atlas is almost _____________ feet tall and ____________ pounds.

• 5 meters tall and 176 pounds

• 176 mm tall and 5 pounds

• 176 mm tall and 50 pounds

• 5 feet tall and 176 pounds

When Atlas was first made, it could move like a regular person. It could run and jump. What can Atlas do now?

• It can run in the grass.

• It can walk in the snow.

• It can pick things up and walk across rough terrain.

• It can cook dinner.

The company has also made robots with four legs. They can open doors, carry heavy things and run fast. They have names like _______ , _______ , _______ .

• Spot

• Bog Dog

• Atlas

• Wildcat

The robot, Atlas, is powered by ______________ .

• fire

• electricity

• solar energy

• batteries

"The company made the actions much faster than before. This is because of the new system they used. With this system, they reached their goal __________________________."

• eight out of ten times

• eight out of eight times

• ten out of ten times

• five out of ten times

The videos the company makes of Atlas are seen by a lot of people. The videos cause some people to feel ____________ and other people to feel _____________.

• happiness

• fear

• excitement

• awe

What noise did Atlas make when he ran in the grass?

• refrigerator

• copy machine

• washing machine

• dishwasher

After the video of Atlas was posted online, how many people watched it?

• 15 million

• 1.5 million

• 150 million

• 15 billion