An all purpose robot platform

河北祖沖之中學 胡艷美

題材文章詞數機器人與人類生活271 難度 ★★★體裁建議用時說明文5′

海詞積累

1.cognitive adj.認知的

2.customizable adj.可定制的

3.grip v.緊握

4.navigate v.導航

5.tag n.標簽

Someone's stealing your stuff.Misty the Robot can monitor that.Does a family member need assistance?Misty can do that too.

“We want to create a robot that has lots ofdifferenttechnicalcapabilities.” Misty robotics calls their product an open robot platform,an advanced robotic foundation that can be programmed to fit business or individual specific needs.“We got super excited and realize that we're really at an important time where technology was available,like voice recognition and Microsoftcognitive services for doing object recognition or IBM's tone analysis for reading people's voice and understanding that,and coupling that with this physical robot in your space.Just really start to create these amazing skills.”

Easilycustomizable,Misty's arms can be exchanged out,for example,they can be used togripitems.Varioussensors enable it to recognize voices and navigate using cell phone class processors.It can even be programmed to drive onto itscharging pad.“We believe that robots need to do many different things very multi-purpose.”

Misty is not Bernstein's only robotic creation.The first was Sphero,a robotic ball controlled by a smart phone.There is also BB-8 based on the Star Wars character,the company'sbest-sellingrobot so far,and now Misty.

“We get this robot into our lives that can really start to do useful stuff eventually,such as cooking,cleaning,doing our laundry and helping us out,being like our friends at our homes.”With a price tag of just over two thousand dollars,Misty is expected to ship later this year.

Reading Check

If you have a Misty robot,what will you do with it?

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important words and expressions in the text

1.couple v.連接

2.ship v.發貨；上市

3.best-selling adj.最暢銷的

4.charging pad充電板

Ⅱ.Sentences for writing

1.現在分詞作狀語

Various sensors enable it to recognize voices and navigate using cell phone class processors.各種各樣的傳感器使它能夠通過使用手機類處理器進行識別語音、導航。

【仿寫】南希每一門考試都沒及格，這使她母親很難過。__

____________________________________2.be expected to do sth意為“被希望做某事”

With a price tag of just over two thousand dollars,Misty is expected to ship later this year.Misty的售價是2，000美元多點，預計將于今年晚些時候發貨。

【仿寫】杰克被期望晚上九點鐘之前回家。