Dr Tessa Lau

D.T. - Emerging Technologies

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Meet Tessa

Learn about D.T. - Emerging Technologies

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Today we are learning about Emerging Technologies

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In these activities you will get to investigate the future of robotics or understand more about the details needed to make robots more human-like.

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Meet Tessa:

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Dr Tessa Lau is the Chief Robot Whisperer at Savioke, Inc. where she is creating a new generation of user-friendly robots that work safely, securely and reliably in human environments. Her goal is to revolutionise service robots. Dr Lau holds a PhD in Computer Science.

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Meet Tessa...

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Discussion Time:

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• Any thoughts about the video?

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• If you could make a robot, what would it do?

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• What do you think was the best bit about Tessa’s job?.

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MAKE: Cardboard Robotic Hands (Key Stage 4)

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EXPLORE: Robots: Past, Present & Future (Key Stage 3)

Activity Time...

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Humanoids, like Sophia, are robots that look and behave like humans. In this activity, you will make a robotic hand

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Ingredients:

cardboard, scissors, ruler, paper straws, sticky tape, string

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1. Get into groups of two or three and draw around one person's hand onto a piece of cardboard and cut it out.

• Now mark all the joints on your hands and score these with scissors or fold neatly.

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3. Cut straws into small pieces and tape 1 piece between each joint leaving small gaps and tape 1 straw at the wrist.

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4. Cut 5 long pieces of string, and thread 1 piece through each finger and then thread through the wrist straw.

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EXPLORE

The field of robotics has advanced quickly in recent years and there is technology available today that was unimaginable a couple of years ago.

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Ingredients:

Pen, paper and colouring pencils

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EXPLORE

1. Open Powerpoint or Slides
2. Make notes of the new technology involved in each point on your timeline:
1. Who created the robot and its purpose?
2. Why did you decide to include this robot in your timeline?

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THANK YOU

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