Kirobo

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kirobo

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How heavy is Kirobo?Approximately 1 kg (2.2 lbs)
2. What is the development collaboration?Toyota Motor Corporation and the University of Tokyo
3. What is the launch date?August 4, 2013
4. When did Kirobo go to space?Kirobo launched on August 4, 2013, aboard a Japanese rocket and reached the International Space Station.
5. Who did Kirobo talk to on the ISS?Kirobo had a live conversation with Commander Koichi Wakata, the astronaut leading the station at that time.

Humanoid Robot: A robot designed to mimic the physical form and functionalities of a human being.
Microgravity: The condition in which people or things feel weightless, as in orbit around Earth.
Natural Language Processing (NLP): A field of AI focused on enabling computers to understand and process human language.