PART ⅣAUTOMATION NEW TECHNOLOGY
Unit 24 Intelligent Robots
Key Words and Terms
1.industrial robot 工业机器人
2.weld v.焊接, 使密接
3.assemble v.集合, 装配
4.repetitive adj.重复的, 反复性的
5.texture n.质地
6.intelligent robot 智能机器人
7.tactile adj.触觉的, 有触觉的
8.simulate v.模拟, 模仿
9.bestow v.给予, 安放
10.orientation n.方位, 定位
11.seam v. 缝合, 焊合
12.illumination n.照明, 阐明, 启发
13.camera n.照相机, 摄影机
14.lens n.透镜, 镜头
15.pixel n.像素
16.charge-coupled devices 电荷耦合器件
17.random assess memory 随机存储
18.tactile adj.触觉的, 有触觉的
19.wrist n.手腕, 腕关节
20.strain gauge 应变片
21.piezoelectric压电的
22.fragile adj.易碎的, 脆的
23.navigate v.航行，导航
24.bin n.容器, 箱子
25.simply adv.简单地、简明地、朴素地、坦白地、直率地、仅仅、
只不过、简直、完全
26.possess vt.拥有, 持有, 支配
Notations and Translation
Industrial[in'dʌstriəl]robots['rəubɔt, 'rəubət]have been developed to perform a wide variety of manufacturing tasks, such as machine loading/unloading, welding, painting, and assembling. However, most industrial robots have very limited ability. For example, if the assembly parts are not presented to the robot in a precise, repetitive fashion, the robot simply can not perform its jobs, because it can not find the part and pick it up. If an invading object happens to enter the work space of a robot, the robot may collide with it, resulting in damage to both, because the robot can not see it as an obstacle. In other words, existing robots are far from being intelligent, and they can not hear, see, and feel (force, shape, texture, temperature, weight, distance, and speed of objects on its grasp or nearby).
换句话说，现有的机器人远还谈不上具有智能，且它们没有听力
和视觉，对其手中或附近的物体的力量、形状、质地、温度、重量、距离及速度等还缺乏知觉。
换句话说，现在的机器人还远远不具备智能，而且它们既不能“听”也不能“看”；同时，对于在“手”中或者附近的物体，机器人也缺乏力、形状、纹理、温度、重量、距离和速度等的感知能力。
An entirely new phase in robotic[rəu'bɔtik]applications has been opened with the development of “intelligent robots”. An intelligent robot is basically one that must be capable of sensing its surroundings and possess [pə'zes]intelligent enough to respond to a changing environment in much the same way as we do. Such ability requires the direct application of sensory perception and artificial intelligence. Much of research in robotics has been and is still concerned with how to equip robots with visual sensors-eyes and tactile ['tæktail, 'tæktil]sensors-the “fingers”. Artificial intelligence will enable the robot to respond to and adapt to changes in its tasks and in its environment, and to reason and make decisions in reaction to those changes.①
智能机器人本质上是具有感知能力并具有足够的智能，在环境改变时做出和人类响应类似的响应。
In the light of these requirements, an intelligent robot may be described as one that is equipped with various kinds of sensors,
