Robots capable of social engagement help with loneliness as well as cognitive functioning, but the robot itself doesn't have to engage directly—it can serve as an intermediary for human communication.

能够参与社交的机器人可以帮助缓解孤独感并发挥认知功能，但机器人本身并不需要直接参与，它可以作为人类交流的中介。

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Shanghai University has developed a kind of robot, whose control system consists of a master-slave computer system based on the serial communication between VB and microcontroller.

上海大学研制成功的球面机器人控制系统采用了基于VB与单片机的串行通信的两级计算机控制。

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Presently, this technology has been widely applied to many fields, such as medical diagnoses, industrial automatic measuring and control, intelligent robot, transportation, communication and geology.

目前，在医疗诊断、工业自动检测与控制、智能机器人、交通、通讯、地质等领域，计算机图像处理技术己经得到了广泛应用。

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Aside from mechanical challenges, what was missing that may have spurred personal robotics development was a dedicated programming language specifically for robot control and communication.

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While domesticated robots are becoming a ( frighteningly) common inclusion in techno-friendly homes, Korean 'bot manufacturer ED has a home-ready robot that sports a plethora of communication venues including ZigBee and RFID.

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Students learn management and communication skills as they work on teams to design, build, program, and test a robot.

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