— OK. Wait a minute.
In some science fiction movies, the robots are just like humans. They help with the housework and do the most 1 jobs.
Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. 2, they agree it may 3 hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots 4 people and do the same things as us.
But robot scientist James White 5. He thinks that it will be 6for a robot to do the same things as a person. 7, it's easy for a child to wake up and know where he is. Mr White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people 8 25 to 50 years.
Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots 9 in factories. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will 10 get bored.
In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have 11 work to do. New robots will have many different 12. Some will look like humans, and 13 might look like snakes. After an earthquake(地震), a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes 14 impossible a hundred years ago. We never know 15 will happen in the future!
Researchers at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a state-owned defense contractor, have developed and made the world's first robot whale shark (鲸鲨).
The robotic shark has been on display in an aquarium (水族馆) at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park since January.
A whale shark is a slow-moving carpet shark and the largest known living fish.
Designed and built by engineers at the Shenyang-based No. 111 Factory, the underwater robot is 4.7 meters long, weighs 350 kilograms and can move 42 meters a minute.
Powered by a lithium battery, it can swim, turn, float and dive like a real shark by moving its mechanical fins (鳍). The mouth and gills (鳃) can also open and close like a shark's. The biomimetic (仿生的) shark is made of sensors (传感器), multi-joint fins, batteries, and systems which enable it to avoid what's in the way in all directions.
"The robot can reach a depth of 10 meters and work for as long as 10 hours," said Fang Xuelin, a senior researcher in charge of the robot shark program.
"The shark can be remotely controlled and can also swim based on preset programs or its own sensors," he said.
"We have built multiple kinds of robot fishes... the robotic whale shark is the largest mechanical fish we have made so far," Fang added. "Our robots are to serve three purposes—to perform in aquariums for entertainment, spread knowledge about the sea and aquatic (水生的) animals among youngsters, and carry out scientific tasks such as hydrological surveys, underwater photography and environmental inspection."
"The factory now plans to develop more types of aquatic robots, including some extinct mammals (哺乳动物), for display in parks and schools. It will also promote the products to businesses engaged in fields such as underwater salvage and mineral prospecting," he said.
Imagine waking up to find a cup of coffee ready and floor swept. With smart devices (装置) controlled by AI, all housework can be done while you are asleep.
Now your kids can try these devices at the small home, shown in our community science center from August 1st to August 14th. Here in the center we have many fun activities. Children can also try out the cleaning robot Little Q. It is a cute robot with a round head, two big eyes and two long legs. It's like a big toy. Your children will love it.
Opening Hours: 1:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m., from Tuesday to Sunday, closed on Monday.
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Robots may seem smart, but they cannot even pick up a chess piece. Let's take a look at some tasks that are easy for kids but not for robots.
Pick things up
Picking things up is not easy. If we drop our pencil on the floor, our brains work hard. First we must find the pencil. Then we move our hands to it. A robot cannot always move its "hand" to the right place. When we touch the pencil, it might roll (滚动) a little bit. Robots cannot easily understand this either. So, if you drop a pencil on the floor, a robot will probably roll it around the room.
Get around in large space
If someone drops us in a building we've never been to, we might feel a bit lost. But we can look around, find a door and get out quickly. But a robot will look everywhere for a door, even on ceilings (天花板) and floors. This is because it's hard for them to understand spaces, especially large, blank things such as walls or ceilings.
Understand the world made by people
"Common sense" is what we don't need to think or talk about. Because of common sense, we do not look for doors on the ceiling. We pick up a coffee cup by its handle (把手). We feel whether it has coffee inside, and whether it is hot.
A robot? It may turn the cup upside down. It may hold the hot part of the cup. Scientists have tried teaching robots common-sense rules. But even huge databases (数据库) don't help much. Maybe they need more time to learn.
Ancient art doesn't have to be boring. Technology in the 21st century can help to bring it to life by combining (融合) the best of the old and the new.
Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Walking into the China Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, people were amazed by seeing a huge digital (数码的) painting. Scientists digitized (数字化) the famous painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival by Chinese artist Zhang Zeduan.
The original (原先的) painting shows life during the Northern Song period and it includes many details of ancient Chinese customs, lifestyles and technology.
_________ Farmers work in the fields, sailors move around on their boats and people eat and do business in restaurants. Parts of the background are also animated (做成动画). You can see the wind blowing through the trees and across the water. These animations perfectly combine modern technology and ancient art.
Digital technology allows today's artists to express their ideas in ways that ancient artists would not believe possible. Techniques such as animation and 3D digital projection (投影) make art come alive.
Dunhuang Cave Paintings
Dunhuang Caves, which are protected ancient treasures in the Gobi desert in Northwest China, are filled with paintings and sculptures with lasting value. This artwork was created over a period of around 1,000 years.
The good news is for art lovers who cannot travel and for the caves. Scientists have created a 360-degree, 3D digital projection of the caves, which makes the artwork come alive. There is also a function (功能) that lets viewers zoom in (使……拉近) and enjoy the paintings and sculptures in greater detail.
Digitising ancient art allows us to explore the ancient practices. It also makes the whole world understand the art while protecting the original artworks for the future.
AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. From Apple's voice-activated assistant Siri to the software algorithms (算法) that shipping companies use to deal with deliveries (投递), AI is very much a part of our lives..
Cool driverless bus
A bus door opens and you get on. Wait! Where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn't need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. . The bus is very comfortable.
Hi, everyone. I'm Xiaobing, a chatbot (聊天机器人). I speak like a 17-year-old girl. If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I'm talented at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend!
World' s first AI anchor (主播)
Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao is reporting news for us. But, is "he" really Qiu Hao? The answer is "no". This is the world's first AI anchor. . It can work 24 hours and doesn't make any mistakes. You might see it on TV soon.
Popular AI artist
This beautiful painting was at an auction (拍卖) in 2020. The painting is worth about 3,000,000 yuan! But it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent Van Gogh. . Three Frenchmen created the AI artist. It studied over 15,000 paintings. In this way, it learned to paint.
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A. we all like AI B. Your close friend C. Let's see the amazing AI D. This is what we called AI E. It was painted by an AI artist F. It will stop as soon as it sees stop lights G. It looks and speaks just like a real person |
A Cloud of Hope and Danger
In 2050, a small cloud floats through the air in a hospital operating room. In the room a patient, suffering from cancer, lies on a table. The cloud surrounds (包围) the patient, (cover) her body and filling her lungs (肺). The cloud is not smoke or steam. It is made of millions of tiny (极小的) robots called nano-robots (纳米机器人). These tiny robots move from cell to cell in the (patient) body, destroying the cancer cells.
Fighting cancer with nano-robots is only an idea today, but scientists say that it would be (impossible) in the future. Using nano-robots for good purposes such as fighting disease or repairing the environment may be the (solve) to many of today's problems.
However, nano-robots could be a (danger) risk as well. Since nano-robots are so tiny, they will have to work in large teams of many thousands to many millions. For this reason, nano-robots will have to be programmed (编程) to build (they). Scientists will not have the ability to build millions of nano-robots one by one.
This (ability) to reproduce (复制) is making some scientists worried. What if something goes wrong in the programming? Quite a lot of crazy nano-robots would be far (bad) than any disease. Some people think that if they get out of control, nano-robots could destroy the Earth.
What should be done? Should we continue (research) nano-robots or should we search for other methods? This is one of the many difficult (decision) that we have to make in the future.
1）上个月，你从机器人商店买了一台名叫Cherub的机器人；
2）仅仅用了一个月就出故障了；
3）电池只能持续两天，每天只工作三个小时……；
4）去过机器人商店，但是没有答复；
5）要求退货、退款。
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