What would you name a swimming humanoid robot? Scientists went with the swumanoid. Video focuses on how scientists use animals and nature for inspiration in designing robots. It covers jumping, camouflage, flying, and more. These discoveries transfer to many current and future robots and scientific discoveries.

Concepts

evolution, engineering design, animals, robots, mimicry, 3-d figures

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Challenge scholars to think of a skill that an animal has that they wish they possessed
• Debate how to define a robot

Classroom Considerations

• Prior to showing the video in class, verify the comments that will appear are appropriate as the comment section is open to the public

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes a long list of resources, allowing scholars to go more in depth
• Provides closed captioning to assist English Language Learners

Cons

• None