How do you feel about the possibility of humanoid robot sales people in stores? While I do appreciate scientific advances in general, I have strongly mixed feelings about this one! Watch the report and decide for yourself.
For your language learning experience of the day, we put together a vocab quiz for you using words and expressions from the video – have fun!
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Question 1 of 6
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1 pointsYesterday the robot w………….. visitors at the conference by being able to smile, shake hands, and even hug a human.
- (wowed)
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1 pointsNot only can Yang Yang, the new Chinese robot, smile and shake hand, but she can also b………..
- (blink)
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1 pointsThe robot was m…………. on one of the researchers who helped develop it.
- (modeled, modelled)
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1 pointsThe robot bears a striking resemblance to Sarah Palin also, so we might say that Ms Palin has a humanoid robot d…………… .
- (doppelganger)
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The word comes from German.
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1 pointsThe robot is controlled r…………. (from a distance) by one of the researchers.
- (remotely)
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1 pointsWhile most visitors had mixed feelings about the existence of such a convincing robot, they were certainly b………… away (impressed) by the similarity between the robot and the researcher it was modeled on.
- (blown)
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