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RoboBees
ABOUT THE VIDEO
Robert Wood is a National Geographic Explorer. He is building unique robots to help people.
BEFORE YOU WATCH
What do you think the robot insects are like? Check (✔) the features.
O tiny O cheap to make O can lift heavy things
O soft O can fly O built from recycled materials
WHILE YOU WATCH
A. Check your answers to the Before You Watch question.
B. Watch the video again. Complete the sentences.
1. Wood hopes his robots will be useful in _____.
a. monitoring people's health
b. exploring space and oceans
2. Wood's team gets ideas from _____.
a. nature b. machines
3. In the next _______ years, Wood believes his robots will be able to help people do dangerous tasks.
a. 5 b. 20.
4. Wood is creating robots that _____ bees.
a. work in groups like
b. are as intelligent as
AFTER YOU WATCH
Talk with a partner. If you could build a robot, what kind of robot would you want to build? Do you think robots are important to humans?
A robot created by Wood and his team
