时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:世界各地新闻集锦


英语课

A robotic elephant trunk and an electronic jellyfish are just some of the robots on show at a fair designed to inspire young people. It's hoped that the Worldskills 2011 fair will give insights into the future for the next generation of robotics experts.


Our reporter Li Dong has the details.


 

Imagine a robotic arm that can mimic 1 the movements of an elephant's trunk.


It is highly flexible and strong but can grip delicate objects - like a lemon or a small boy's head - with precision.


The bionic handling assistant consists of three basic elements for spatial 2 movement as well as a hand and a gripper with adaptive fingers.


The system is designed to be used wherever humans need non-hazardous support from machines, as an aid for the handicapped or even as an advanced handling support system in factories.


The manager of Festo Education, the company behind the design of the robotic arm, says that by following examples found in nature, automated 3 movement will be able to be made even more energy efficient and productive in future technologies.


Another example of this kind of design is the AquaJelly - a robot in the shape of a jellyfish.


It's uncanny how much it actually behaves like a real life jellyfish - but nothing is down to coincidence: the AquaJelly has been specifically designed to simulate the swarming 4 behavior of wild jellyfish.


It consists of an electric drive unit and intelligent adaptive mechanism 5. The control board is housed in a translucent 6 dome 7. It has a water-tight body and eight tentacles 8.


The AquaJelly has no real function, but here, at Worldskills, they have been given a new, funkier 9 job - to spin CDs and dance for the crowds.


Another entertaining robotics stall is provided by Middlesex University, a UK university specializing in research into Autonomous 10 Robotic systems.


They're displaying a pet robot dinosaur 11 - longing 12 for cuddles, and responding like a real-life pet.


Robotics can prove to be a fascinating area for young students, who, in this day and age, are used to multitasking and excelling in numerous disciplines.


Canadian Robotics expert Bob Towns explains, robotics brings together a mix of technology skills.


"We believe that it is a multi disciplined area were young people might learn many different areas of technology. They must understand mechanical systems, electrical systems, computer control systems, radio-controlled systems and it brings students a variety of directions. They come interested in one part and may find that they have a skill or a talent or an interest in another area they were not aware of."


Given the popularity of the robotics area at Worldskills, it seems there's a whole generation of robotic experts in the making.


For CRI, I am Li Doing.



v.模仿,戏弄;n.模仿他人言行的人
  • A parrot can mimic a person's voice.鹦鹉能学人的声音。
  • He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another.他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。
adj.空间的,占据空间的
  • This part of brain judges the spatial relationship between objects.大脑的这部分判断物体间的空间关系。
  • They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。
a.自动化的
  • The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
  • Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS),作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。
密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去
  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。
  • The beach is swarming with bathers. 海滩满是海水浴的人。
n.机械装置;机构,结构
  • The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
  • The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
adj.半透明的;透明的
  • The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic.这座建筑完全用半透明瓦楞塑料封顶。
  • A small difference between them will render the composite translucent.微小的差别,也会使复合材料变成半透明。
n.圆屋顶,拱顶
  • The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
  • They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
n.触手( tentacle的名词复数 );触角;触须;触毛
  • Tentacles of fear closed around her body. 恐惧的阴影笼罩着她。
  • Many molluscs have tentacles. 很多软体动物有触角。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.时髦的( funky的比较级 );有臭味的;节奏强适宜跳舞的;激起情感的
adj.自治的;独立的
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
n.恐龙
  • Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击?
  • He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。
n.(for)渴望
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
学英语单词
... and that's flat
Acanthodii
activator development
additivated
AMTEC
anodic sensitivity of photomultiplier tube
anti-condensation device
antifundamentalism
Area contingens
articulated-pipe
begifting
Ben Sekka, Rass
beyond sb's grasp
blarg
boae
businessman's investment
case to counsel
cast steel throw
chlorprophenpyridamine maleate
commutation tax
computer software copyright
consecrates
contact transmission
copper-stripping reaction
corn-baby
cournot quantity-choice market
derived equation
Dimer-X
dual beam oscilloscope
ducted rocket engine
dust excluding plate
electrohydraulic lithotripsy
ellipsoid resonator
emergency satellite communication system
finely-ground fire clay
fissions
foraminal
forward blocking interval
front-of-wave impulse sparkover voltage
fuzzification process
genus Isoetes
geomagnetic diurnal variation
germanium chloroform
good examples
graphic language
Henmania
high-pressure vessel
Hillingdon
hook screw
ionization pressure
irritating ly
john carpenter
kern stone
Keyes equation
length of base
life threaten
long-term liabilities-current portion
looneys
magnetic sub-level
make one's jack
marma
mezhir
mitral apparatus
Muslimania
non-regulated area
oostegites
order aspergillaless
pedophiliacs
perlite rock
pheophorbides
primary point
pulmonary anthraxes
quadrilateral form
reactance of armature reaction
reciner
reflight
reset group total
run locator
sarongs
sea-breams
self-administered fund
shared file
simultaneous adaptation
Sinpung-ni
spray lacquering
stabilizing feedforward
Stent graft
supra-automated ship
switched output
temporary bench mark
thallous mesolite
these things happen
Tissamaharama
traffic
traide
unpuncturable
unwishfulness
Vena palatina externa
veneer cross cutter
vote of no confidence
weight of pile hammer
znso