Pre-reading

Question: Why is it better to use robot to fix railway lines?

Intensive Reading

Japanese workers use a special robot. It helps fix railway lines.

日本工人用一种特殊的机器人。它能帮助修理铁路轨道。

The robot is very big. It can lift things of up to 40 kilograms. It can reach as high as ten meters. The robot does difficult or dangerous work for people.

这种机器人特别大。它能举起重达40千克的东西。它能到达10米高的地方。这种机器人替人们做难做的和危险的工作。

Workers sometimes fall when they fix railway lines. Also, electricity can kill them. The robot helps solve these problems. It saves work, too.

工人们在修理铁路轨道时有时会坠落。而且，还可能被电死。这种机器人可以帮助解决这些问题。它还节省了人工。

The robot is on a crane. It has two hands. A person controls the robot with a remote control and a VR headset.

机器人在吊车上。它有两只手。一个人用远程控制和虚拟现实头戴式视图器控制着机器人。

Now, the robot helps only in a few places in Japan. In the near future, it will help in many places. It will help in other countries, too.

现在，这种机器人只在日本一小部分地方帮忙。在不远的未来，它将在很多地方帮忙。它还将在其他国家帮忙。

Notes:

1. railway line：铁路线，铁轨。

2. crane：n. 起重机；吊车。也指“仙鹤”。它作动词还有一个常见意思是“伸长（脖子）”，如crane one’s neck to get a better view，“伸长脖子为了看得清楚一点”。

3. VR headset：虚拟现实头戴式视图器，VR是Virtual Reality（虚拟现实）的缩写，headset有“耳机”的意思，这里指的是“头戴式视图器”。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

How is the robot controlled?