Enigmatic Robot Era

Enigmatic Robot Era Science fiction and science fact is getting narrower and narrower. (scenes from “i, Robot”) Robot: You are experiencing a car accident. In i Robot, from Twentieth Century Fox,

美国有线新闻 CNN 朝鲜不断发射导弹挑衅 对美构成重大威胁

AZUZ: The U.S. director of national intelligence says because of its growing missile and nuclear capabilities, the Asian country of North Korea is increasingly becoming a grave national security threat to the U.S. America has a few ways it could resp

Robot Is the Star in New Play

WASHINGTON Robots are becoming commonplace in many areas of society -- from manufacturing to medicine to our homes. But now, a robot has taken to the stage, in a British play called Spillikin, where a humanoid robot plays the male companion of a woma

unit9 The memory robot

[00:00.00]Unit 9 The memory robot [00:34.51]A:Did you pack your bags last night,dear? [00:40.25]B:Yes,I did.I packed everything. [00:45.11]R:No,you didn't.You didn't pack your computer. [00:52.48]A:Did you pack your coat,dear? [00:57.03]B:I...um,...I

美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-06-04

He's test firing, recalibrating and threatening to attack. As Kim Jong-un races to perfect its ballistic missile capability, there are serious questions whether the US can defend against that threat. The anti-missile system that would shoot down Nort

Robot Explores Fukushima Reactor

A robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant this week to take pictures of the reactor destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The robot, nicknamed 'The Little Sunfish,' is very small about the size of a loaf of bread.

World’s First Robot College Student Learns About Love

Imagine you are a college student at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. You walk into your philosophy class on the first day of the new term only to find a robot looking you right in the eye. This robot is no huge piece of equipme

Olympic Ready? Robot Skiers Compete in South Korea

As the worlds top athletes competed at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, some robots also showed off their winter sports skills. A ski race involving robots was held recently at the Welli Hilli Park ski area near Pyeongchang. Eight teams built and pro

Japanese Engineer Builds Huge Robot of His Dreams

Japanese engineer Masaaki Nagumo had always dreamed of operating a robot from Mobile Suit Gundam. 日本工程师南云正章（Masaaki Nagumo）一直梦想着操作《机动战士高达》中的机器人。 That is the name of a popular Japanese an

269 俄罗斯进行远程导弹试验

269 俄罗斯进行远程导弹试验 New Russian Long-Range Missile - Report Alex Belida Pentagon 30 Jul 2001 23:42 UTC Pentagon officials are declining comment on reports that Russia has tested a ne

169 布什对导弹防御试验结果感到满意

169 布什对导弹防御试验结果感到满意 Bush Pleased With Missile Test Results Paula Wolfson Washington 15 Jul 2001 19:08 UTC President Bush's hopes for a missile defense system got a big 1)

英闻天下——59 Romo: The World's First Smartphone Robot

It first showed up in October 2011 on Kickstarter, the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Then Romo quickly won people's hearts around the world. It's the world's first smart phone robot. An iPhone or an iTouch is his face and br

146 美国国防部要求扩充导弹防御试验设备

146 美国国防部要求扩充导弹防御试验设备 Pentagon Expands Missile Defense Test Facilities Alex Belida Pentagon 11 Jul 2001 01:03 UTC The Pentagon has confirmed its latest 1)budget reque

136 拉姆斯菲尔德警告不要简单估计导弹防御试验引起的反应

136 拉姆斯菲尔德警告不要简单估计导弹防御试验引起的反应 Rumsfeld Warns Against Simple Reactions to Missile Defense Test Alex Belida Pentagon 10 Jul 2001 00:56 UTC U.S. Defense

South Korean Students Learn English from Robot Teacher

Many South Korean families spend thousands of dollars a year on English language education for their children. Students attend private academies(学院) often until late at night everyday. Most such schools hire teachers from abroad, but a team of en

VOA标准英语2009年-Robot Helps Children with Disabilities

Julie Taboh | Washington 08 December 2009 Watch: Taboh report Windows Media | MP4 Cosmobot has made speech therapy fun for Kevin Fitzgerald, 6. He has developmental dyspraxia, a condition which makes it difficult for him to move his mouth and tongue.

Space Shuttle Discovery to Carry Robot on Final Mission

Crews at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing the Space Shuttle Discovery for its final launch, scheduled for Thursday. Among the things it will carry to the International Space Station will be a humanlike robot designed to help astronau

美国：导弹防御试验失败

WASHINGTON, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday announced that the nation's missile defense system failed in a latest test with a ground-based interceptor missile failing to hit an incoming ballistic missile over the Pacific.

CCTV9英语新闻：China rolls out more plans in robot industry

Robots are not only for fun and games, it's also a very serious industry in China. On April 6, the Ministry of Industry, the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and other ministries jointly issued a development plan for the com

CCTV9英语新闻：China's qualification tournament for 2016 Robot WC begins

China's qualifying tournament for the 2016 Robot World Cup has begun in Hefei, the capital of east Chinas Anhui province. Almost 2,000 contestants and 300 teams are taking part in the competition. Robots are playing various roles, from houseworkers a