托福阅读之社会科学篇：水下机器人.pdfVIP

托福阅读之社会科学篇 ：水下机器人 来自美国新泽西州的几位本科生了响应美国国防部的一项挑战，成功设计并制造了一台用于引 爆海底未爆炸的水雷的机器人。在设计过程中不断克服了一些技术问题。快来随着托福小编一起来 看看托福阅读材料的详细介绍，看看他们在过程中遇到了哪些问题?又是怎样设计成功的? 在进行托福阅读之前，一起学习一下文章中的疑难词 ： autonomouslyadv. 自治地；独立自主地 challengen. 挑战；怀疑 hands-onadj. 亲身实践的，亲自动手的 minen. 矿vt. 开采，采掘vi. 开矿pron. 我的 thrusters n.[航] 推进器 lasern. 激光 resourcefuladj. 资源丰富的；足智多谋的 一起阅读吧! Manyteachers believethat hands-onexperienceisthe bestwayto learn.A groupof studentsinthe UnitedStatesisputtingthat belieftothetest. Thestudentsarewiththe StevensInstituteofTechnology inHoboken,NewJersey. They successfullydesignedand builta robotfor uncoveringunexplodedminesatthe bottomofthe sea.Thetechnologystudents madethe robottoanswerachallengefrom the U.S.Departmentof Defense. The underwatervehicle iscalled PerseusII.The students recentlytested PerseusII ina 95-meter-longtankofwater atthe StevensInstituteofTechnology. The robotcostsabout $15,000to build.Thestudentsuseavideo gamecontrollerto directitsmovementsatthe bottomofthetank. Devicesknownasthrusters enablethe robotto goup,down,andtoward itstarget inthewater. Videocamerasonthe robotsendimagesbacktoacomputerthrougha13-meterlong cable. PerseusIIalso hasasetof lasers.They are usedto measurethe sizeofanobject. The robotisthecreationoffive undergraduatestudents. Foroversix months,they worked between15and20hoursaweekto designand buildPerseusII. MichaelDeLornesupervisedthe project.Hesaysthe specialized requirementsofthe robotwere demanding. Theirgoalwasto godownandfindthis unexplodedordnanceand notonlyjust find them butprovideinformationtoanexpertonthe surfaceso heorshecould makea decisionwhether itwas somethingdangerousor not.. MichaelDeLornesaysthe studentscameupwith some resourcefulsolutionsfor difficultproblems.Onesuch problemwas howto controlthe posi