An all purpose robot platform

河北祖冲之中学 胡艳美

题材文章词数机器人与人类生活271 难度 ★★★体裁建议用时说明文5′

海词积累

1.cognitive adj.认知的

2.customizable adj.可定制的

3.grip v.紧握

4.navigate v.导航

5.tag n.标签

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.连接

2.ship v.发货；上市

3.best-selling adj.最畅销的

4.charging pad充电板

Ⅱ.Sentences for writing

1.现在分词作状语

Various sensors enable it to recognize voices and navigate using cell phone class processors.各种各样的传感器使它能够通过使用手机类处理器进行识别语音、导航。

【仿写】南希每一门考试都没及格，这使她母亲很难过。__

____________________________________2.be expected to do sth意为“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的售价是2，000美元多点，预计将于今年晚些时候发货。

【仿写】杰克被期望晚上九点钟之前回家。