Have you ever imagined that scientists could make robots that will be able to feel and touch just like humans? In the future robots might no longer be stiff (僵硬的), metal machines. They might be able to act and even look just like us!
The system used to help robots feel is called “haptics technology”. Haptics is a word which is used to describe the way we understand something through the use of touch. For example, now doctors can use robotic machines in operations. But this is a bit dangerous. Why? Because the robot cannot feel anything. The doctor can only see what the robot is doing by watching on a screen.
However, US scientists have created a machine called Neo that a doctor wears on his or her head. Neo is connected to the robot doing the operation. When the robot touches something, Neo imitates the touch on the doctor’s head.
The invention of Neo is great news for doctors because now they can feel what the robot is feeling. But scientists have even bigger dreams. They are trying to make robots that can feel for themselves just like humans. They have created sensors that are just like the human fingertip. These sensors are at the end of the robots’ hands. Messages will be sent to the robots’ “brains”. And the robots will know how to hold something without breaking it.
If these scientists succeed, robots will feel just like a human and will be able to control themselves. Can we imagine humans will no longer be the masters (主人) of the world because robots are just as smart as we are in 500 years?
【小题1】The underlined word “imitates” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.A.trains | B.draws |
C.copies | D.remembers |
A.how Neo works | B.robots that can feel for themselves like humans |
C.what Neo can do | D.how a message is sent to the robots’ brains |
A.They can help robots write messages. |
B.They can help robots write break things |
C.They are at the end of the robots’ heads. |
D.They can help send messages to robots. |
A.surprising | B.bright |
C.relaxing | D.hopeful |