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From the Ted Talk by Rodney Brooks: Robots will invade our lives

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Computers sort of came around through games and toys. And you know, the first computer most people had in the house may have been a computer to play Pong, a little microprocessor embedded, and then other games that came after that. And we're starting to see that same sort of thing with robots: LEGO midtsnomrs, fbrueis — who here — did anyone here have a frbuy? Yeah, there's 38 million of them sold worldwide. They are pretty comomn. And they're a little tiny robot, a simple robot with some sensors, a little bit of peinscsrog actuation.

On the right there is another robot doll, who you could get a couple of years ago. And just as in the early days, when there was a lot of sort of amateur iotcteirnan over computers, you can now get various hacking kits, how-to-hack books. And on the left there is a pfolartm from Evolution roiobcts, where you put a PC on, and you poagrrm this thing with a GUI to wander around your huose and do various stuff. And then there's a higher price point sort of roobt toys — the Sony Aibo. And on the right there, is one that the NEC developed, the PaPeRo, which I don't think they're going to release. But nevertheless, those sorts of things are out there.

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Computers sort of came around through games and toys. And you know, the first computer most people had in the house may have been a computer to play Pong, a little microprocessor embedded, and then other games that came after that. And we're starting to see that same sort of thing with robots: LEGO __________, _______ — who here — did anyone here have a _____? Yeah, there's 38 million of them sold worldwide. They are pretty ______. And they're a little tiny robot, a simple robot with some sensors, a little bit of __________ actuation.

On the right there is another robot doll, who you could get a couple of years ago. And just as in the early days, when there was a lot of sort of amateur ___________ over computers, you can now get various hacking kits, how-to-hack books. And on the left there is a ________ from Evolution ________, where you put a PC on, and you _______ this thing with a GUI to wander around your _____ and do various stuff. And then there's a higher price point sort of _____ toys — the Sony Aibo. And on the right there, is one that the NEC developed, the PaPeRo, which I don't think they're going to release. But nevertheless, those sorts of things are out there.

Solution


  1. furby
  2. common
  3. processing
  4. program
  5. interaction
  6. furbies
  7. platform
  8. robot
  9. robotics
  10. house
  11. mindstorms

Original Text


Computers sort of came around through games and toys. And you know, the first computer most people had in the house may have been a computer to play Pong, a little microprocessor embedded, and then other games that came after that. And we're starting to see that same sort of thing with robots: LEGO Mindstorms, Furbies — who here — did anyone here have a Furby? Yeah, there's 38 million of them sold worldwide. They are pretty common. And they're a little tiny robot, a simple robot with some sensors, a little bit of processing actuation.

On the right there is another robot doll, who you could get a couple of years ago. And just as in the early days, when there was a lot of sort of amateur interaction over computers, you can now get various hacking kits, how-to-hack books. And on the left there is a platform from Evolution Robotics, where you put a PC on, and you program this thing with a GUI to wander around your house and do various stuff. And then there's a higher price point sort of robot toys — the Sony Aibo. And on the right there, is one that the NEC developed, the PaPeRo, which I don't think they're going to release. But nevertheless, those sorts of things are out there.

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Important Words


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  26. lego
  27. lot
  28. microprocessor
  29. million
  30. mindstorms
  31. nec
  32. papero
  33. pc
  34. people
  35. platform
  36. play
  37. point
  38. pong
  39. pretty
  40. price
  41. processing
  42. program
  43. put
  44. release
  45. robot
  46. robotics
  47. sensors
  48. simple
  49. sold
  50. sony
  51. sort
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  55. tiny
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  58. worldwide
  59. yeah
  60. years