2014年高二英语（人教版选修7）教学精品课件：Unit 2 Period Ⅰ.pptVIP

Although robots have been developed mainly for military(军用的)applications，civilian uses for the technology are growing，according to Michael Toscano，president of the Association for Unmanned(自控的)Vehicles International. “Unmanned systems allow human beings to do their task with an extension of their hands，their eyes and their ears.” “We can put them in the ocean and theyll swim for eight or nine months，collecting data and monitoring ocean pollution，”says Hudson of IRobot. Recently the US Governments Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA)displayed a“robotic man”． Instead of depending on