Robot Demonstration

We were very lucky in Rooms 18 and 19, because we were the only people in the whole school who had a robot demonstration.  Mr McCloughen brought a robot from his factory and set it up in Room 18  to show us how it worked.  

Through questions and answers, we found out that more and more robots are being used in different industries to do all sorts repetitive dangerous or difficult jobs that help humans, such as lifting heavy boxes and fitting precise fixtures in place over, and over and over again.  

The hard part for humans is to make computer programmes that are precise enough to instruct the robot exactly what to do.  It was interesting to think that robots can work all night in the dark and can send a text to their human supervisor on their mobile phone if they have a technical problem.  

After his demonstration, some people were able to have a go at instructing it themselves.