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From the Ted Talk by Ali Kashani: A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Some of you may remember this. In 2015, Canadian rerrhecesas sent a rboot hitchhiking across the US. It didn't get very far. It turns out that rtobos can also use some social skills. Like, if they're being tampered with, cerainge Mellon researchers have shown that small toy robots should play dead, because people feel bad when they think they broke it. But delivery robots aren't toys, they're not small, they are out there in public. We found that with delivery robots, to get people to stop tampering, robots need to show awareness. It's kind of the opposite of playing dead. In this case, robots need to aegkcnowlde the situation to get people to step away. Also, a word of advice. If you are a robot and you see small kids, run towards the closest adult. It truns out that some kids just love hsarsanig robots.

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Some of you may remember this. In 2015, Canadian ___________ sent a _____ hitchhiking across the US. It didn't get very far. It turns out that ______ can also use some social skills. Like, if they're being tampered with, ________ Mellon researchers have shown that small toy robots should play dead, because people feel bad when they think they broke it. But delivery robots aren't toys, they're not small, they are out there in public. We found that with delivery robots, to get people to stop tampering, robots need to show awareness. It's kind of the opposite of playing dead. In this case, robots need to ___________ the situation to get people to step away. Also, a word of advice. If you are a robot and you see small kids, run towards the closest adult. It _____ out that some kids just love _________ robots.

Solution


  1. robots
  2. carnegie
  3. harassing
  4. robot
  5. turns
  6. acknowledge
  7. researchers

Original Text


Some of you may remember this. In 2015, Canadian researchers sent a robot hitchhiking across the US. It didn't get very far. It turns out that robots can also use some social skills. Like, if they're being tampered with, Carnegie Mellon researchers have shown that small toy robots should play dead, because people feel bad when they think they broke it. But delivery robots aren't toys, they're not small, they are out there in public. We found that with delivery robots, to get people to stop tampering, robots need to show awareness. It's kind of the opposite of playing dead. In this case, robots need to acknowledge the situation to get people to step away. Also, a word of advice. If you are a robot and you see small kids, run towards the closest adult. It turns out that some kids just love harassing robots.

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Important Words


  1. acknowledge
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