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Hi, I'm Jennifer Pulley, and welcome to NASA Connect, the show that connects you to math,

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science, technology, and NASA.

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We're here at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California.

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Now, you know, this episode of NASA Connect is all about robots in NASA's space program.

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Now, you may think of a robot as a mechanical creature that walks around.

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But did you know that the first person to use the word robot wasn't a scientist at all?

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In fact, it was a Czechoslovakian writer named Karel Čapek.

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In Czech, the word robota means forced labor.

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Now, in his play, Rossum's Universal Robots, Čapek used the word to describe electronic servants

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who turn on their masters when given emotions.

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In 1941, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov first used the word robotics to describe the

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technology of robots and predicted the rise of a powerful robot industry.

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In the 1950s, it seemed like robots were featured in nearly every science fiction movie and

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TV show.

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Like me.

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But since then, robots have moved from science fiction to science.

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Unimate was the first industrial robot used in a General Motors automobile factory in 1961.

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Since then, the field of robotics has advanced as computers have become more powerful and compact.

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With powerful computers, scientists can program robots with artificial intelligence so that

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they can make decisions.

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When I let go, it will straight away start again into the right slinky action.

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During the course of this program, you will be asked several inquiry-based questions.

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After the questions appear on the screen, your teacher will pause the program to allow

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you time to answer and discuss the questions.

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This is your time to explore and become critical thinkers.

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But before we take a look at all the different types of robots, here are some questions for

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you to think about and discuss.

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If you could have your own personal robot, what would you like your robot to do?

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How intelligent would your robot have to be?

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How would you communicate with your robot?

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Teachers, pause the program and students, write down what you think.