ROBOTBALL CORRECTION

CORRECTION  ROTUNDUS ROBOTBALL  CORRECTION

A/ Answer these questions while listening to the interview:

1. How many cameras is the robot equipped with? It is equipped with two cameras.

2. What can it detect? ( two items) It can detect intruders and other threats.

3. Is it noisy? ( What adjective is used?) No, it moves quietly through your home.

4. Why is the robot said to be robust? Because it has no moving parts.

5. What does it use to “swing its way along”? It uses an internal pendulum.

6. What was its shape initially designed for? It was designed for exploring space.

7. Who founded the space programme? The programme was founded by the European Space Agency.

8. What was the main goal of the programme? Building systems able to explore Mercury and Mars.

9. Where might the robot be used? It can be applied to people’s homes and public areas such as airports, factories, shopping malls etc.

10. Where is the robot already working? It is already working in the manufacturing plant of SAAB.

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

01 01 51 00: “ They are developed to SECURE this kind of ENVIRONMENT with a number of BUILDINGS and find PERSONS or any kind of DAMAGE on this SITE.

01 02 02 00: (woman speaking) “ Forget GUARD DOGS and SECURITY PERSONNEL.

Rotundus can MONITOR locations and RESPOND to ALARMS to investigate

POTENTIALLY dangerous SITUATIONS  without PUTTING people at RISK.

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

There’ll be both a video and audio presence .

D/ Where can rotundus work?

It can work in dangerous , dull and dirty places (3D’s)