Japanese scientists and technology companies are coming up with new ways to deal with employee shortages in delivery service. How exactly? By introducing a robot that can deliver food to your home. A Japanese company ZMP has launched robot tests recently.
The ZMP’s delivery robot in the process of testing is a red box that measurs109 cm and 133 cm in heights and lengths respectively. It is designed to carry up to 100 kilograms of anything with an approximate speed of 4 miles an hour. It has its own navigating system and a map, sensors (传感器) and cameras that allow it to self-dive. These, for now, are its main technical abilities. The next developments will be control of food temperature, and perhaps voice control and speaking abilities.
The robot will bested together with a local sushi (寿司) delivery company Ride on Express Co. Upon making a sushi order, customers will receive codes on their smart phones that will allow them to unlock the robot and get their orders out. Similar testing attempts have been undertaken by Domino’s Pizza in Australia, where they tested a delivery robot a year ago.
In any case, before robots are able to deliver food or any other goods to real customers, massive testing on public roads or in the public airspace will have to take place. While it is in the government’s best interest to make up for the shortage of delivery in the Japanese labor market, it is clear that self-driving machines of any kind will not be permitted on the roads until they are fully tested and proven safe enough for public roads. According to the experts, this could take another 3 to 5 years.
In any case, robot delivery is not such a distant future after all, and recent developments show that there is significant market demand for such type of delivery.
32.How do Japanese handle the employee shortages in delivery service?
A. By introducing a robot that can cook food. B. By employing science and technology.
C. By increasing the salary. D. By delivering more at a time.
33.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. The basic data of delivery robots. B. The working principle of delivery robot.
C. The introduction of delivery robots. D. The appearance of delivery robots.
34.What’s the attitude of Japanese government to delivery robots?A. Critical. B. In different. C. Worried. D. Interested.
35.What can be the best title for the text?
A. Robot Delivery: New Tests in Japan B. Robot Delivery Coming to Use in Japan
C. Employee Shortage in Delivery in Japan D. Latest Automatic Service: Robots

32-35 BCDA