In one activity, children try to get a robot arm to pick up a block and place it in a cup.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

She threw it on the floor. I forced her to get out of her chair to pick the spoon up.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

"Typically the real estate sector leads the economy in a recovery, meaning that it tends to pick up before some other things.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

So,just being able to pick one of those up will help our visitors understand how difficult portability was about thirty years ago."

VOA: special.2011.02.15

Pieces of gypsum broke off. The wind wore them away to a size small enough to pick up and carry for short distances.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

The robots had to pick up large balls and throw them into the trailers of opposing robots.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Some of the soldiers left the road to pick fruits and berries from bushes along the way.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

A robot would then pick up rocks and soil, and send them back to earth for testing.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he's going to keep crying.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

All you had to do was pick up the gold from the ground.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

They pick it up on their bodies and carry it to another flower.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

They also pick up and transport food to home owners.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

He bent to pick it up. Just as he was about to throw it into the wastepaper basket, he noticed that the letter was signed by his business partner, Thomas Antrim.

VOA: special.2010.05.29