Text 4British scientists have been given £ l m
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British scientists have been given £ l million by the European Commission to find out if a ro-bot (机器人) can safely be employed to stir (搅拌) soup.
The research, based at the Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL) , will look at the problems of a human and a robot working together in the same space; for example, in a kitchen where the service robot is performing a task such as stirring soup while you add cream.
Professor Chris Melhuish explained, "When we work with other humans, we are trying to un- derstand facial expression, body movements, quality of voice, as well as sharing a goal and und standing and following spoken instructions. "
" For example, in the soup situation, not only does the robot need to know what the goal is (making the soup)but he also needs to know how hard to stir the soup, what it means when you hold up your hand to say enough, to understand the look of pain on your face if you acci dentally get wet with hot soup, and to stop stirring when told. The research aims to develop the rules we need to introduce this level of cleverness into service robots who are working closely with people. "
Professor Melhuish, of the BRL, said robots working in factories at present are kept behind gates for safety reasons-a measure that is not practical in the kitchen.
The research is a joint effort between robotic engineers and scientists from West of England and Bristol universities.
68. According to Professor Melhuish, a service robot should be able to ______ .
[A] understand human instructions
[B] show feelings by the looks on its face
[C] follow the thoughts in its master"s mind
[D] express itself through body movements请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!
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正确答案:A
参考译文Text4欧洲委员会资助英国科学家l百万英镑,用于研究用机器人搅拌汤是否安全。该项研究是在布里斯托尔机器人实验室(BRL)进行的,它将考察人和机器人在共同的空间中工作的问题。例如,在厨房里,服务型机器人搅拌汤,而你往汤里添加奶油。克里斯?梅尔赫什教授解释道:“与他人一起工作,我们尝试去理解面部表情、肢体动作、声音特点,分工合作,理解、听从声音指示。”“例如,在煮汤的情境中,机器人不仅要知道目标(煮汤)是什么,他还需要知道搅汤的难度,还得理解你举起手的意思是足够了。如果溅出的热汤滴到你手上,机器人也应能够理解你脸上痛苦的表情,他能按照我们的吩咐停止搅汤。这项研究致力于开发规则,从而使得与人一起工作的服务型机器人智商能达到此种程度。”BRL的梅尔赫什教授说,由于安全原因,工厂中使用的机器人还不能在厨房中使用。该研究结果由西英格兰地区的大学和布里斯托尔大学机器人工程师和科学家共同努力得出的。68.A【精析】细节题。题干意为“根据梅尔赫什教授的观点,服务型机器人应该能够…?”从文章的第四段中,可以看出机器人需要理解人的指令。如“stopstirringwhentold”。故选A。