Surprisingly STEM: Soft Robotics Engineers

The robot you see on the screen has legs made of an elastomer.

Is the following statement true or false:

Elastomers are rigid.

• True

• False

The narrator said that in traditional robotics, robots are made of hard linkages. Rigid parts are linked together and move using motors. In the picture on the screen you are seeing...

• traditional robots.

• soft robots.

An internship is a position that is very much like a real job. Internships are for students who are studying and hope to get a job that is similar to the one they are doing in the internship. 

This student is an engineering student working in a robotics internship with NASA. Did he have to be an expert at coding to get this internship?

• Yes, he could not have gotten the internship without being really good at coding and having robotics experience.

• No, but he was willing to learn.

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Choose the TRUE statement.

• The student's love for art and creativity was helpful for him in working with robotics.

• The student's love for art and creativity is fun, but not helpful in robotics.

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Why is it important to listen to the ideas of others.

• They come with different perspectives and can help you discover things you would not have thought of on your own.

• It isn't that important for you, but you don't want to make them feel bad.

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