Finch Robot

a physical substance and shape of some type. The body will be designed based on the function—some look like vehicles, some like an arm, and some like a person. If you can touch it, that’s the body.

• body

• Control

• Input

• Output

a part of a robot that tells it what to do.

• body

• Control

• Input

• Output

The information that comes from the robot’s sensors. Robots have sensors that they use to get information from the robot’s environment. For example, a smoke detector can detect smoke. (In other words, sensing the robot’s environment). Robots typically have external and internal sensors.

• body

• Control

• Input

• Output

The ___________ is the action a robot takes, often involving motors, lights, or sounds. For example, a smoke detector makes a loud sound and might flash lights. (In other words, effecting change in the robot’s environment—adapting.)

• body

• Control

• Input

• Output

A robot is ______ when a set of instructions or rules that the user gives the robot. For example, a smoke detector has a instructed to make a sound if it senses smoke.

• Programmable

• Behavior

• Input

• Output

___________ is the combination of outputs that result in the task or job the robot does. For example, a smoke detector is to “go off” in the presence of smoke. “Going off” is a combination of making noise and flashing lights, and may also involve calling the fire department.

• Programmable

• Behavior

• Input

• Output