The History of Robots

What is a robot?

• A machine that always looks like a human and does human activities.

• A machine controlled by a computer program to do a specific job.

• A machine that never looks like a human or does human activities.

• A machine that thinks and acts by itself.

Who designed the first man-shaped machine in 1464?

• Christopher Columbus

• George Washington

• Isaac Asimov

• Leonardo Da Vinci

In 1920, a Czech writer wrote a book about a machine and called it a robot. The word robot came from a word that meant...

• work

• fake human

• machine

• puppet

In 1961, General Motors used a robot to help build cars. Why?

• The robot could get into small spaces that humans were too big for.

• The robot cost less money than paying people to do the job.

• The robot could handle pieces of metal that were too hot for people to touch.

• The robot was smarter than any people General Motors could hire.

Where are most robots located?

• The United States

• Yemen

• Japan

• Africa