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AS IT IS 2016-03-06 Real Dog Takes On Robot Dog google开发机器智能狗

Many people are watching a video showing a real dog barking at a robot dog.

The robot was made by Boston Dynamics¹, which is owned by the Internet search company Google. Like most of the company’s robots, it was designed for military use. But the military did not accept it, so Google is now showing it to the public.

In the video, the robot dog plays with Alex -- a real dog reportedly owned by Andy Rubin, who helped create the mobile² operating system Android. Rubin now heads a company called Playground Global.

The robot weighs 75 kilograms -- ten times more than Alex. But Alex does not run away from the robot. The video shows him barking at the robot and preparing to attack it. The person controlling the robot directed it to move away from Alex. But this only seemed to make Alex bark louder.

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bark – v. to make a short, loud sound

mobile - adj. easy to carry around or move

1 dynamics   

n.力学，动力学，动力，原动力；动态

参考例句：

• In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
• Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。

2 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。