Question

are people ready for robots?
1 say the word
obots,\ and many people think of unrealistic science - fiction movies or books about the future. but the future is here. robots are becoming increasingly involved in peoples lives. some movies portray robots as thinking beings bent on taking over the world. the reality could not be more different. robots help people in almost every aspect of life.
2 in some workplaces, robots and humans work together. a factory in the netherlands that produces oil - burner parts is using cobot, or collaborative robot, technology. there, human workers use multiple robot arms in order to assemble gas nozzles for the oil burners. the robot arms allow the workers to assemble a far greater number of parts per hour than the workers could on their own.
3 carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh uses cobots in a different capacity. these cobots deliver paperwork to offices and guide visitors around the campus. the cobots do not look like people. they are basically tablet computers on wheeled stands. they roll from place to place and even take elevators to get to their destinations, but these cobots still require humans to push their buttons and give them commands.
4 hotel emc2 in chicago features room - service cobots named cleo and leo. the front desk sends these three - foot - tall rolling robots to deliver needed items to delighted guests.

1. how does the use of a comparison organizational pattern in paragraphs 2 and 3 support the topic?

by demonstrating opposing views on using robots in industry
by contrasting the human programming required to set up robots
by demonstrating the ways robots are used in homes
by contrasting the ways that robots help people at workplaces
clear all

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The paragraphs don't discuss opposing views on robot use in industry, but rather different uses of robots in workplaces. Eliminate.
• Option 2: Paragraphs 2 and 3 don't focus on human programming for robots. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The examples are from workplaces (factory, university), not homes. Eliminate.
• Option 4: Paragraph 2 describes robots helping in a factory (increasing production), Paragraph 3 describes robots helping in a university (delivering paperwork, guiding visitors). This is contrasting different ways robots help at workplaces, which supports the topic of robots' involvement in people's lives.

Answer:

D. By contrasting the ways that robots help people at workplaces