ROBOTBALL

Listen to the following interview and answer the questions, then write a summary of what you've heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMy-H74g-yw&feature=related

ROBOTBALL ROTUNDUS ROBOTBALL ROTUNDUS ROBOTBALL ROTUNDUS

Name :___________________

A/ Answer these questions while listening to the interview:

1. How many cameras is the robot equipped with?_______________________________________________________________________

2. What can it detect? ( two items) _______________________________________________________________________

3. Is it noisy? ( What adjective is used?)_______________________________________

4. Why is the robot said to be robust?____________________________________________________________________

5. What does it use to “swing its way along”?_____________________________________________________________________

6. What was its shape initially designed for?_____________________________________________________________________

7. Who founded the space programme?_______________________________________________________________________

8. What was the main goal of the programme?____________________________________________________________________

9. Where might the robot be used?______________________________________________________________________

10. Where is the robot already working?____________________________________________________________________

B/ Fill-in the blanks with the words you hear?

01 01 51 00: “ They are developed to _________________ this kind of __________________ with a number of _________________ and find ____________________ or any kind of _______________ on this ______________.

01 02 02 00: (woman speaking) “ Forget ___________ __________ and _____________ ___________.

Rotundus can _________________ locations and _________________ to ______________ to investigate

____________________ dangerous ________________ without ______________ people at __________.

C/ Thanks to Rotundus, what kind of presence will be on the site? ( 2 adjectives)

_____________________________________________________________________

D/ Where can rotundus work?

_____________________________________________________________________

E/ Make a summary of the documentary and the interview ( 150 words) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMy-H74g-yw&feature=related