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1、职称英语必过备考资料孙伟+王霞2015职称英语理工类B级考试重点文章汇总172015年理工B阅读理解新增文章*第二十二篇RealWorldRobotsWhenyouthinkofarobot,doyouenvisionashiny,metallicdevicehavingthesamegeneralshapeasahumanbeing,performinghumanlikefunctions,andrespondingtoyourquestionsinamonotonevoiceaccentuatedbyhigh-pitched
2、tonesandbeeps?Thisisthewaymanyofusimaginearobot,butintherealworld,arobotisnothumanoidatall.Insteadarobotoftenisavoiceless,box-shapedmachinethatefficientlycarriesoutrepetitiveordangerousfunctionsusuallyperformedbyhumans.Today’srobotismorethananautomaticmachinethatperf
3、ormsonetaskagainandagain.Amodernrobotisprogrammedwithvaryingdegreesofartificialintelligence—thatis,arobotcontainsacomputerprogramthattellsithowtoperformtasksassociatedwithhumanintelligence,suchasreasoning,drawingconclusions,andlearningfrompastexperience.Arobotdoesnot
4、possessahumanshapeforthesimplereasonthatatwo-leggedrobothasgreatdifficultyremainingbalanced.Arobotdoes,however,movefromplacetoplaceonwheelsandaxlesthatrollandrotate.Arobotevenhaslimbsthatswivelandmoveincombinationwithjointsandmotors.Tofinditswayinitssurroundings1,aro
5、botutilizesvariousbuilt-insensors.Antennaeattachedtotherobot’sbasedetectanythingtheybumpinto.Iftherobotstartstoteeterasitmovesonanincline,agyroscopeorapenduluminsideitsensestheverticaldifferential.Todetermineitsdistancefromanobjectandhowquicklyitwillreachtheobject，th
6、erobotbouncesbeamsoflaserlightandultrasonicsoundwavesoffobstructionsinitspath2.Theseandothersensorsconstantlyfeedinformationtothecomputer,whichthenanalyzestheinformationandcorrectsoradjuststherobot’sactions.Asscienceandtechnologyadvance,therobottoowillprogressinitsfu
7、nctionsanduseofartificial-intelligenceprograms.词汇：envisionv.想象，预想devicen.装置accentuatev.强调，重读artificialintelligencen.人工智能limbn.臂antennaen.天线inclinev.倾斜pendulumn.钟摆ultrasonicadj.超声的metallicadj.金属的monotonen.单调的humanoidadj.像人的axlen.轮轴rotatev.旋转17swiveln.旋转teeterv.摇晃gyros
8、copen.陀螺仪，回转仪verticaln.直立的注释：1．Tofinditswayinitssurroundings...：为了在周围找到路……2．therobotbouncesbeamsoflaserlightandultrasonicsoundwaves
