"A Day in the Life of Robotina"

What is the effect of the article having two points of view?

• Reader's appreciate the complexity of programming Robotina's actions.

• Robotina's logical decision-making process is explained in steps.

• Readers have a greater understanding of how Robotina operates.

• Robotina's viewpoint is presented in the actual voice of the robot.

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Which words from paragraphs 15 and 26 best help the reader understand the meaning of the term proximity awareness?

• designed to work around people

• awkward robot-human collisions

• The goal is to have robots

• know where a human is going

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The author's purpose for writing the selection was most likely to-

• demonstrate that robots can perform multiple tasks and increase productivity in humans

• explain how robots can accomplish anything a human being can do in problem-solving

• update readers on some of the most exciting and novel tasks that robot can perform

• provide an insight into how humans give robots nicknames in order to make them seem more human

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In the first sentence of paragraph 18, the reader can infer that by mentioning that "they don't have to be ballet dancers," the author is suggesting that -

• decision-making would require practicing

• complex movements are not necessary

• robots could not follow musical cues

• robots need to be tougher in hard-wire factories

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Read the following sentences.

The primary purpose of the text above is to-

• show that scientist can doubt the capacities of their own creations

• demonstrate how difficult it is for scientist to control these robots

• provide readers with an example of how scientist test robots

• entertain readers with an example of a robot doing a common task

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Read the following sentence.

How does Asimov's first law apply to the fact that machines have injured or killed humans ever since they were invented?

• Robots have to be safer than other machines because robots control themselves.

• Machines should not injure humans, but they do because they are poorly designed.

• Other machines do not have minds of their own like a modern robot, which can think.

• Asimov was referring to robots of the future that may revolt and attack their makers.

Read the following sentences.

The author has included this quote to -

• warn humans that they need to change how they evaluate the skills of other teammates when trying to complete a task

• show that people's perceptions of a robot are often misguided and confused as a result of jumping to conclusions

• acknowledge that being human means you might be prejudiced by things that a robot wouldn't consider

• present evidence that human should leave decision-making process to robots instead of humans when doing tasks

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