Passage 8
学霸导读 日新月异的科技发展让“机器人”不断进化。未来，它们可能会给我们的生活带来更大的影响。
One thing we are sure about robots is that anything you can write about them will already be out of date by the time it is read.
That’s how fast robot technology is moving ahead.
All over the country and the world, in universities, factories, and laboratories, scientists are studying how to build b 1 robots.
The greatest progress in robot making will come in the robot brains, though it’s still too early to make a new kind of computer that can “think” like the human brain. Most scientists say computers will go on g 2 smaller, cheaper, and more powerful.
Your next robot will be much, much smaller than the one you are u 3 now. And that’s very good news for anyone trying to build a man-like robot.
We would like our robot to be able to speak, walk and see, just like us. This kind of robot has been made in the laboratory, but it cannot talk much, and cannot “see” all the things a 4 it.
With tomorrow’s faster computers, it will be a different story. Robots will be able to see everything and talk to you like a f 5 .
Another exciting thing is that we are making lots of progress in the robot’s senses. It can f 6 and sense things around it.
We believe that many built-in sensors will let your next robot feel the shape of the thing it is holding in hand. It will also let the robot p 7 up anything, from an egg to a heavy motor part, without dropping it.
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高频词汇
out of date 过时的
ahead /ə'hed/ adv. 向前，提前
laboratory /lə'bɒrətri/ n. 实验室
sense /sens/ v. & n. 感觉，意识
sensor /'sensə（r）/ n. 传感器