机械专业英语unit2.pptVIP

Unit 2 Industrial Robots 工业机器人 －－KR 3工业机器人 Dialogue Topical introduction: Tom and Mary are now visiting an industrial robot show in a university. A young girl named Marcy is in charge of showing the visitors around. Marcy: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our industrial robot show. I’m Marcy Margaret. My job is to show you around. You can ask me about anything you do not understand. Mary: How interesting to see so many kinds of robots here. Excuse me, Marcy, but I wonder why these robots do not look like nor behave like human beings? Text Industrial robots are beginning now to revolutionize industry. These robots do not look or behave like human beings, but they do the work of humans. 工业机器人现在正开始对工业进行一场革命。这些机器人的样子和行为方式不很像人，但它们干的是人类的工作。 revolutionize v. 革命，革命性变革 Basic concepts in robotics The industrial robot is a programmable mechanical manipulator, capable of moving along several directions, equipped at its end with a device called the end-effector, and performs factory work ordinarily done by human beings. 机器人技术的基本概念 工业机器人是一种可编程机械操纵装置，它能沿几个方向运动，其末端装有称作末端执行器装置，能从事通常情况下人类所进行的工厂作业。 Notes 1. Current research efforts focus on creating a “smart” robot that can “see”, “hear”, and “touch” and consequently make decisions. 本句的意思是：当前研究主要集中在建造能“看”、能“听”能“触摸”的 “聪明的”机器人。此处的“smart”（聪明的）robot指的是我们通常所说的“智能型机器人”。 2. gripper containing on-off jaws 上面装有抓放机构的钳爪 New Words and Expressions algorithm / ?lg?rie?m / n. 算法 axe / ?ks /? n. 轴 consequently / k?nsikw?ntli / adv. 所以，因而 denote / din?ut / v. 记作，称为 gripper / grip? / n. 手爪 jaw / d??: / n. 爪钳夹装置 rinse / rins / v. （将衣物）甩干 velocity / vil?siti / n. 速度，速率 weld / weld /? n. 焊接 wrist / rist / n. 腕，腕关节 Exercises Work with your partner to answer the following questions. 1. Have you ever seen a real industrial robot? 2. Do you know the difference between an industrial robot and a toy robo