Week 1-1 Introducing the world of robotics

Hello,
In the first week start to talk about robotics in general.
Try to start by asking some questions:

what's a robot?

{The robot is a structure that do something (this is very general) .
You could try this: robots are mechanical and electrical structures that moves.
Or you can just show some robots pictures and/or videos (iRobot, big dog, nao, )
In this specific question the little students (that I will call them "ls" from now) must know that robots are not just humanoids.

what can a robot do ?

Here ls will try to guess how can the robot be useful. The general answer would be helping mom in the kitchen due to Hollywood stuff.
Show some videos, and help them guessing the functions of a robot.
A robot can move, can transport things.
A robot can walk,  can detect obstacles etc...

What they shouldn't do?

Here you must insist that robots can not replace humans in emotional situations.
Ls must realize that robots only do what we order them to do nothing more and nothing less.
Give some examples; can robot replace your mom or dad?
Can robot be happy for you ?
Can we motivate a robot to improve his abilities ?etc...

Where can we find robots?

Home, industry, medicine, military, space, games, etc....

Are we really need robots?

This is the most important questions:
try to listen to your students guessing the answer while giving them some hints.
Robots are made to replace human in dangerous spots (give the example of curiosity robot) , to do a boring work all day. Robots are used to make precise measurements where error is not tolerated and many other stuff.

So the main idea is : Robots exist to help humans and not replace them!