Role of robots in entertainment

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Quick Questions

Shade in the A or B circle for each question.

1. Which is an example of a robot used in entertainment?

A A robot pet that barks and wags its tail when stroked

B A robot arm that welds car panels in a factory

2. What is the main purpose of a theme park animatronic?

A To pick and pack products in a warehouse

B To move and make sounds so that visitors are amused

3. Which statement about drone light shows is correct?

A One drone sprays crops with fertiliser over a farm

B Many programmed drones fly together and light up to make shapes in the sky

4. Why might a film studio use a robot camera arm?

A It can repeat the exact same smooth movement for every take

B It can diagnose patients and prescribe medicine

5. Which is NOT a role of robots in entertainment?

A Delivering goods between towns in a self-driving lorry

B Playing a game against a person as a robot opponent

Match the Pairs

Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.

Left column		Right column
1robot pet		Afilming robot
2animatronic		BA robot vacuum cleaner is a domestic robot because it does household work. An entertainment robot moves or interacts to amuse people.
3A swarm of drones flies in programmed patterns to make a show in the night sky		CAnimatronics are robots because they have a mechanical structure, electrical parts and a program. Their purpose is to amuse people.
4A robot arm moves a camera along the same path again and again for a film scene		Ddrone light show
5A robot vacuum cleaner is an entertainment robot		EA toy robot that moves, makes sounds or reacts to touch so that a child is amused
6Theme park animatronics are not robots because they only entertain		FA robot figure in a theme park or film that moves and acts like a character or animal

Definitions

entertainment robot

Fill in the Blanks

Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.

IF petSensor = "touched" ____ OUTPUT "Wag tail" ENDIF

_____ parkOpen = TRUE moveHead() ENDWHILE

FOR drone ← 1 __ 100 lightOn(drone) NEXT drone

shotCount ← 0 shotCount ← shotCount _ 1 OUTPUT shotCount

IF batteryLevel _ 10 THEN OUTPUT "Toy robot needs charging" ENDIF

Spot the Error

Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.

Question 1

A WHILE petRobot.isOn = TRUE

B IF touchSensor = TRUE THEN

C petRobot.wagTail()

D ENDWHILE

E ENDWHILE

Question 2

A INPUT visitorNearby

B IF visitorNearby = TRUE

C dinosaur.roar()

D ENDIF

Question 3

A FOR i ← 1 TO 100

B drone[i].setColour(BLUE

C NEXT i

Question 4

A cameraRobot.moveTo(startMark)

B cameraRobot.stopRecording()

C cameraRobot.moveTo(endMark)

Question 5

A count ← 0

B WHILE count < 4

C count ← count - 1

D toyRobot.spin()

E ENDWHILE

Answer Key

Role of robots in entertainment

Section A: Quick Questions

A — A robot pet that barks and wags its tail when stroked

B — To move and make sounds so that visitors are amused

B — Many programmed drones fly together and light up to make shapes in the sky

A — It can repeat the exact same smooth movement for every take

A — Delivering goods between towns in a self-driving lorry

Section B: Match the Pairs

robot pet → A toy robot that moves, makes sounds or reacts to touch so that a child is amused

animatronic → A robot figure in a theme park or film that moves and acts like a character or animal

A swarm of drones flies in programmed patterns to make a show in the night sky → drone light show

A robot arm moves a camera along the same path again and again for a film scene → filming robot

A robot vacuum cleaner is an entertainment robot → A robot vacuum cleaner is a domestic robot because it does household work. An entertainment robot moves or interacts to amuse people.

Theme park animatronics are not robots because they only entertain → Animatronics are robots because they have a mechanical structure, electrical parts and a program. Their purpose is to amuse people.

Section C: Definitions

entertainment robot — A robot used in toys, games, theme parks and film that moves or interacts to amuse people, such as robot pets, animatronics, drone light shows and film effects.

Section D: Fill in the Blanks

IF petSensor = "touched" THEN
    OUTPUT "Wag tail"
ENDIF

WHILE parkOpen = TRUE
    moveHead()
ENDWHILE

FOR drone ← 1 TO 100
    lightOn(drone)
NEXT drone

shotCount ← 0
shotCount ← shotCount + 1
OUTPUT shotCount

IF batteryLevel < 10 THEN
    OUTPUT "Toy robot needs charging"
ENDIF

Section E: Spot the Error

D — The IF statement was opened with IF...THEN, so it must be closed with ENDIF, not ENDWHILE. The ENDWHILE belongs on the last line to close the loop.

B — The IF line is missing the keyword THEN. It should be IF visitorNearby = TRUE THEN so the animatronic dinosaur roars when a visitor is near.

B — The closing bracket is missing. The call must be drone[i].setColour(BLUE) so each of the 100 light-show drones is set to blue.

B — The filming robot must start recording before it moves along its path. It should call startRecording(), not stopRecording().

C — Subtracting 1 means count never reaches 4, so the toy robot would spin forever. It should be count ← count + 1.