Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

Researchers ………………… (built / have built / had built) what they ………………. (called / have called / call) an early version of a robotic servant for home.

At the moment the machine …………………….. (can’t / couldn’t/shan’t) clean your floor or cook your dinner. But it …………………… (shall / might / must) do all these and a lot more in the near future. Say hello to Domo.

Domo, the humanoid robot ………………….. (built / build/building) by engineers at MIT, is the next generation of robots ………………………. (designed / designing / designs) to interact with humans and manipulate unknown things. It is ……………………… (able to / capable of) grasping objects and placing them on shelves or counters. Scientists ……………………. (believe / believed / are believing) that the robot could help elderly and the wheelchair bound with simple household tasks such as putting away the dishes, fetching glasses etc.

 Domo …………………………. (is seeing / can see) everything going on in front of it. As the robot’s large blue eyes ……………………….. (roam / are roaming / roamed) across the room, cameras feed information to 12 computers that analyze the input and decide what to focus on.

 Answers

Researchers have built what they call an early version of a robotic servant for home.

At the moment the machine can’t clean your floor or cook your dinner. But it might do all these and a lot more in the near future. Say hello to Domo.

 Domo, the humanoid robot built by engineers at MIT, is the next generation of robots designed to interact with humans and manipulate unknown things. It is capable of grasping objects and placing them on shelves or counters. Scientists believe that the robot could help elderly and the wheelchair bound with simple household tasks such as putting away the dishes, fetching glasses etc.

Domo can see everything going on in front of it. As the robot’s large blue eyes roam across the room, cameras feed information to 12 computers that analyze the input and decide what to focus on.