HUNDREDS of millions of people across the world held their breath. Each one was anxiously watching a tiny robot on their TV screen.
全世界数亿人都屏住呼吸，焦急地注视着电视屏幕里的微型机器人。
THE arm of a typical industrial robot is a crude-looking but functional implement designed for a single job, such as placing tiny components onto a circuit board or painting a car.
通常工业机器人的手臂虽然看起来粗糙，却是能完成某一特定任务的得力工具，比如在电路板上安装小零件、给轿车上漆等。
A tiny flying robot of this sort, equipped with a camera, could get into places that are too small or dangerous for people-enemy bunkers, for example-and report what was going on.
这种有飞行能力的微型机器人身上安装了摄像机，它能够代替人类进入微小空间或危险地带工作，比如进入敌人的军事掩体进行敌情侦察，然后将信息反馈回来。
The tiny aerial vehicle pictured here, made with carbon-fiber wings that flap 120 times per second, is the first insect-size robot to fly.
这个微型航拍工每秒可以扇动120下的碳素纤维翅膀，是第一个昆虫大小的飞行机器人。
But building a tiny, lightweight flying robot is tough when you need a power supply — like an onboard battery — to keep the MAV flying.
然而研制这种微小、轻型的飞行器是很困难的，因为必须要有如板载电池这样的电源供电才能维持它的飞行。
To ensure the iPhone's tiny antenna could do its job effectively, Apple spent millions buying and assembling special robot-equipped testing rooms.
为了确保iPhone的小天线能够高性能得工作，苹果公司花费数百万美金架设了专门的实验室。
These findings not only explain why tiny animal pests we chase at times seem to disappear, but helped develop a robot capable of the maneuver.
这些发现不仅解释了为什么微小的动物害虫，我们有时追逐似乎消失了，但帮助开发能够机动的机器人。
These findings not only explain why tiny animal pests we chase at times seem to disappear, but helped develop a robot capable of the maneuver.
这些发现不仅解释了为什么微小的动物害虫，我们有时追逐似乎消失了，但帮助开发能够机动的机器人。
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