Imagine the busy streets of New York City, an enormous place with millions of people. Every day, the streets are congested with people going about their daily lives. Now imagine a small robot in the middle of all of those people rolling down a busy sidewalk. Most people would not even notice the teninch smiling robot, called a Tweenbot, rolling along the street. This strange machine may interest some people, while others would ignore it completely. A researcher interested in studying how helpful ...
Phạm Minh Trí | Chat Online | |
07/09 17:26:23 (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12) |
Imagine the busy streets of New York City, an enormous place with millions of people. Every day, the streets are congested with people going about their daily lives. Now imagine a small robot in the middle of all of those people rolling down a busy sidewalk. Most people would not even notice the teninch smiling robot, called a Tweenbot, rolling along the street. This strange machine may interest some people, while others would ignore it completely. A researcher interested in studying how helpful people really are uses such robots in her experiments that take place on the streets of New York.
The Tweenbots experiment is the idea and creation of Kacie Kinzer. Kinzer’s idea was to make a robot that could navigate the city and reach its destination only if it was aided by pedestrians. Tweenbots rely on the kindness of warm-hearted strangers. Made simply of cardboard, wheels, and a device to turn the wheels, the Tweenbots face many dangers on the city streets. They could be run over by cars or smashed by careless kids. Kinzer thought her little robots might even be seen as some kind of terrorist device. The only real protection a Tweenbot has is its friendly smile. In addition to that, each of Kinzer’s robots is fitted with a flag that displays instructions for the robot’s destination. The only way these robots will reach their final point is if someone lends them a hand. Tweenbots are essentially a social experiment aimed at providing people a chance to show how caring they are.
On a daily basis, people in New York City are often in a hurry to get around. However, the Tweenbots, through their inability to look after themselves, took people out of their normal routines. The people who noticed the helpless little robots were actually interested in helping the Tweenbots find their way home. Tweenbots move at a constant speed and can only go in a straight line. If one was to get stuck, or was going in the wrong direction, it would be up to strangers to free it or turn it in the right direction. Surprisingly, no Tweenbot was lost or damaged, and each one arrived at its target in good condition. In fact, most people treated the robot in a gentle manner, and some even treated it as though it were a small living being.
Even if you were in a rush to go somewhere, would you stop and help a Tweenbot successfully reach its destination?
What is this reading about?
Lựa chọn một trả lời để xem Đáp án chính xác Báo sai đáp án hoặc câu hỏi |
A. A place to buy robots 0 % | 0 phiếu |
B. A new kind of toy 0 % | 0 phiếu |
C. An experiment 0 % | 0 phiếu |
D. An interesting idea for the future 0 % | 0 phiếu |
Tổng cộng: | 0 trả lời |
Trắc nghiệm liên quan
- Imagine the busy streets of New York City, an enormous place with millions of people. Every day, the streets are congested with people going about their daily lives. Now imagine a small robot in the middle of all of those people rolling down a busy ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Imagine the busy streets of New York City, an enormous place with millions of people. Every day, the streets are congested with people going about their daily lives. Now imagine a small robot in the middle of all of those people rolling down a busy ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Imagine the busy streets of New York City, an enormous place with millions of people. Every day, the streets are congested with people going about their daily lives. Now imagine a small robot in the middle of all of those people rolling down a busy ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- The 15th Asian Games took place from December 1 through December 15, 2006, in Doha, Capital of Qatar. More than 10,000 athletes, who (241)___________ 45 countries and regions, took part in 39 sports and 424 events of the Games, the most important ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- The 15th Asian Games took place from December 1 through December 15, 2006, in Doha, Capital of Qatar. More than 10,000 athletes, who (241)___________ 45 countries and regions, took part in 39 sports and 424 events of the Games, the most important ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- The 15th Asian Games took place from December 1 through December 15, 2006, in Doha, Capital of Qatar. More than 10,000 athletes, who (241)___________ 45 countries and regions, took part in 39 sports and 424 events of the Games, the most important ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- The 15th Asian Games took place from December 1 through December 15, 2006, in Doha, Capital of Qatar. More than 10,000 athletes, who (241)___________ 45 countries and regions, took part in 39 sports and 424 events of the Games, the most important ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- The 15th Asian Games took place from December 1 through December 15, 2006, in Doha, Capital of Qatar. More than 10,000 athletes, who (241)___________ 45 countries and regions, took part in 39 sports and 424 events of the Games, the most important ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Sometimes the road to the future leads through the past. Such was the case for Americans Scott and Brennan Olson, who used an old idea to launch a hot new trend in sports: inline roller skating. In 1979, these siblings found a pair of antique roller ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Sometimes the road to the future leads through the past. Such was the case for Americans Scott and Brennan Olson, who used an old idea to launch a hot new trend in sports: inline roller skating. In 1979, these siblings found a pair of antique roller ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
Trắc nghiệm mới nhất
- Đọc thầm văn bản sau và trả lời câu hỏi: THUẦN PHỤC SƯ TỬ Ha-li-ma lấy chồng được hai năm. Trước khi cưới, chồng nàng là một người dễ mến, lúc nào cũng tươi cười. Vậy mà giờ đây, chỉ thấy chàng cau có, gắt gỏng. Không biết làm thế nào, ... (Tiếng Việt - Lớp 5)
- Tìm một số biết rằng nếu ta gấp 3 lần số đó rồi cộng với 21,5 rồi trừ đi 1,5 được kết quả là 35,9. Số đó là: (Toán học - Lớp 5)
- Số thích hợp để điền vào ô trống là: 438 : 12 + 3,5 = ? (Toán học - Lớp 5)
- Kết quả của phép tính 7,75 : 2,5 là: (Toán học - Lớp 5)
- Kết quả của phép tính 15 : 0,25 là: (Toán học - Lớp 5)
- Trong 4 giờ ô tô đi được 210 km với vận tốc không đổi. Hỏi mỗi giờ ô tô đi được bao nhiêu ki-lô-mét? (Toán học - Lớp 5)
- Cả 5 con vịt cân nặng 8 kg. Hỏi trung bình mỗi con vịt cân nặng bao nhiêu ki-lô-gam? (Toán học - Lớp 5)
- 15 căn phòng như nhau có diện tích là 1 447,5 m2. Hỏi 8 căn phòng như thế có diện tích là bao nhiêu mét vuông? (Toán học - Lớp 5)
- Một tấm thảm hình vuông có chu vi 2,4 m. Diện tích của tấm thảm đó là: (Toán học - Lớp 5)
- Sợi dây thứ nhất dài 52,5 m, sợi dây thứ hai dài bằng 110 sợi dây thứ nhất. Vậy hai sợi dây dài là: (Toán học - Lớp 5)