W: Hi! Paul. All set for your speech club presentation this evening
M: Yes, I’m going to discuss robots.
W: Robots You mean, those machines that walk and talk like in the movies
M: No, industrial robots, like those used in the automotive and electronics industries.
W: I saw an article about that kind of robot the other day. There were pictures of robots welding cars, but they certainly didn’t look the way I thought robots should look.
M: The robots we usually imagine are made up in science fiction. In industry, robots are designed to do a specific set of operations such as welding car frames. They are rarely built to resemble humans.
W: Actually, all they need is a kind of brain to give signals and a mechanism such as an arm to carry out instructions, right
M: Right! Tiny computers become the brains of these robots. The computer sends signals in the form of electrical impulses that move an arm and a claw. The cla
A. At an automobile factory.
B. At an electrical engineering class.
C. At a meeting of a public speaking club.
D. At a conference on industrial automation.
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