Hannah is 12 years old, and Sohpia is 8. I wanted to post the results to show the outcome of the same project given to two students who are in the same class but aged 4 years apart that have relatively the same English level.
Hannah's Project:
"Creature in 3000: The Future of Robotics
What does the future hold for robotics? What is the next step, or the next technological boundary to overcome? The general trend for computers seems to be faster processing speed, greater memory capacity, and so on. One would assume that the robots of the future would become closer and closer to the decision-making ability of humans and also more independent. Presently, the most powerful computers can't match the mental ability of a low-grade animal. It will be a long time until we're having conversations with androids and have them do all of our housework. Another difficult design aspect about androids is their ability to walk around on two legs like humans. A robot with biped movement is much more difficult to build than a robot with, say, wheels to move around with. The reason for this is that walking takes so much balance when you lift your leg to take a step you instinctively shift your weight to the other side by just the right amount and are constantly alternating your center of gravity to compensate for the varying degrees of leg support. If you were to simply lift your leg with the rest of your body remaining perfectly still you would likely fall down. Try a simple test by standing with one shoulder. "
As you can tell, her ability to understand the project was very good. So good, in fact, that she did an internet search, found an article to help her understand robots in the future, and copied it directly down onto a piece of paper and added her own robot drawings. Haha
Sophia's Project:
I thought this was much more fun. The drawing shows a human-like robot with some bling! bling! The robot is doing various activities like cleaning your room, making your food, and being your friend.
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