Ifitlookslikeafishandswimslikeafishitusuallyisafish.ButnotthenewlifelikerobotfishdevelopedbyUKscientistswhichhavebeenswimmingaroundtheLondonAquarium(水族馆)astheywaitfortheirreleaseoffnort
Ifitlookslikeafishandswimslikeafishitusuallyisafish.ButnotthenewlifelikerobotfishdevelopedbyUKscientistswhichhavebeenswimmingaroundtheLondonAquarium(水族馆)astheywaitfortheirreleaseoffnorthernSpainin2011.
Equippedwithtinychemicalsensors(传感器)thefishwillcollectdataonpollutionintheportofGijónandwirelesslysendtheinformationbacktothecontrolcenter.“It’salittlelabonboardthefish”saidRoryDoyleascientistatBMTGroup.TherobotsweredesignedandarebeingbuiltbyprofessorHuoshengHuandhisteamattheUniversityofEssexUK.
ThesensorswillsearchfordangerssuchaschemicalwasteandwillallowofficialstomapinrealtimethesourcesandeffectsofpollutionDoylesaid.
Heandhiscolleagueschoseafishdesignbecausehundredsofmillionsofyearsofevolution(进化)hascreatedanenergy-efficientcreaturehesaid.“Naturehasdoneitveryverywell.”Butcopyingsuchasuccessfuldesigncomesatacost:nearly29000u.s.dollarsperrobot.www.ks5u.comThefishthereforewillbebuilt“robust”enoughtohandleanypossibilitiesDoylesaid.Theycan’tgetcaughtinnetseasilyforinstanceandthetrackingsystemsinsidecanhelptherobotfishavoidcrasheswithboatsandotherthingsintheway.
Sofaritalsoseemsunlikelytherobotfishwillbemistaken:AttheLondonAquariumsharksswimawayfromthefakefishpossiblybecausetheyfindtherobotselectromagneticfields(电磁场)unpleasantDoylesaid.
Atthesametimescientistsareworkingtoensurethatthesoundsoftherobotsandotherfactorsdon’tdisturbthenaturalenvironmentheadded.
64.Therobotfishwasdevelopedinorderto_______.
A.bedisplayedonarobotexhibitioninSpain
B.besenttoLondonAquariumasagift
C.getinformationofoceanpollution
D.collectdataonthefishesindeepsea
65.AccordingtoDoyletherobotwasdesignedintofishshapeinorderto_______.
A.cutthecostoftherobot
B.maketherobotbeautiful
C.reducethesoundsoftherobot
D.maketherobotworkbetterwithlessenergy
66.Wecaninferfromthepassagethattherobotfish______.
A.wouldsendpicturesofsealifeback
B.wouldno