Video summary
Puja Varsani is a product designer with a fascinating passion for social robotics.
Puja explains that these robots may, one day, be a companion or even do the washing and cleaning up!
These are robots that help people and in the future they may have a role anywhere from the home to the NHS.
The designer shows us how she comes up with her ideas and reveals some of the tricks of the trade before a display of her robots is unveiled to a curious audience at an exhibition.
Teacher Notes
Students could brainstorm what made Puja become a robot designer whilst watching the clip.
This could be followed by a discussion on why we should choose certain career paths.
Students could list the hobbies and pastimes that interest them and research what future careers they might possibly lead to.
This clip will be relevant for teaching Modern Studies.
This topic will be relevant for KS2 and KS3 in England and Wales, and 2nd, 3rd, 4th levels and National 4, 5 and Higher in Scotland.
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