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

"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

Rains have started to fall and are expected to pick up fully in the next two or three weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

"Originally I thought the tourism sector would pick up very well in the last quarter of last year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

"Most of the economies, including Thailand, showed a pick-up in the second quarter GDP, the Asian region was leading the turn around in the global picture,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Suddenly you pick up the newspaper, you see the images in the newspaper.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

He was in Washington recently to pick up two awards - the Navy Distinguished Public Service Medal and the Hubbard Award from National Geographic, the Society's highest honor.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

So in addition to what each side's own intelligence services are able to pick up, the treaty provides additional information which has always been seen as being of great confidence-building value."

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

"And the relation with Israel within two years allowed Turkey to tell the Syrians you either kick him out or we will come in there to pick him up and it worked."

VOA: standard.2009.10.27