a&m university and a professor of computer science and engineering. he and murphy, who is regarded as a founder of the field of rescue robotics, are working together to design a rescue robot that is user - friendly.
6 rescue robots serve as a trapped disaster victims lifeline to the outside world. but they are worthless if the victim finds them scary, bossy, out of control, or just plain creepy.
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obots dont make eye contact. their tone doesnt change. when they get closer to people, they start to violate their personal space,\ murphy said. \if you are stuck somewhere for 10 hours, and something scares you, or annoys you for long enough, you might start disregarding what it is asking you to do. the term that keeps coming up is creepy. people find the robots that are supposed to be helping them creepy.\
8 nass and murphy are working to ease the \creep\ factor in rescue robots, hoping to reduce anxiety, and bolster existing rescue efforts.
9 rescue robots have been used for more than a decade, but the early prototypes were mechanically primitive. he 1995 oklahoma city bombing and the earthquake in kobe, japan, created a great interest in rescue robots,\ murphy said. hese events served as motivation to start focusing on rescue robots. but they werent ready to go into the field until 1999.\
10 the researchers hope to improve the devices in ways that will make them more valuable to law enforcement as well as in emergency response situations, where they already are in use. the robots also have potential in the health care setting, where the researchers believe they could have huge economic potential.
11 the current project will create a multimedia \head\ attachment called the \survivor buddy.\ the attachment can fit on any traditional robot and serve as the interface between trapped victims and the rest of the world for the 10 or more hours it might take to extricate them. an animator from popular films has
what does bolster mean in paragraph 8?
o evaluate
o relay
o contain
o support

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a&m university and a professor of computer science and engineering. he and murphy, who is regarded as a founder of the field of rescue robotics, are working together to design a rescue robot that is user - friendly.
6 rescue robots serve as a trapped disaster victims lifeline to the outside world. but they are worthless if the victim finds them scary, bossy, out of control, or just plain creepy.
7
obots dont make eye contact. their tone doesnt change. when they get closer to people, they start to violate their personal space,\ murphy said. \if you are stuck somewhere for 10 hours, and something scares you, or annoys you for long enough, you might start disregarding what it is asking you to do. the term that keeps coming up is creepy. people find the robots that are supposed to be helping them creepy.\
8 nass and murphy are working to ease the \creep\ factor in rescue robots, hoping to reduce anxiety, and bolster existing rescue efforts.
9 rescue robots have been used for more than a decade, but the early prototypes were mechanically primitive. 	he 1995 oklahoma city bombing and the earthquake in kobe, japan, created a great interest in rescue robots,\ murphy said. 	hese events served as motivation to start focusing on rescue robots. but they werent ready to go into the field until 1999.\
10 the researchers hope to improve the devices in ways that will make them more valuable to law enforcement as well as in emergency response situations, where they already are in use. the robots also have potential in the health care setting, where the researchers believe they could have huge economic potential.
11 the current project will create a multimedia \head\ attachment called the \survivor buddy.\ the attachment can fit on any traditional robot and serve as the interface between trapped victims and the rest of the world for the 10 or more hours it might take to extricate them. an animator from popular films has
what does bolster mean in paragraph 8?
o evaluate
o relay
o contain
o support

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# Brief Explanations:
In the context of reducing anxiety and improving rescue efforts, "bolster" means to support or strengthen existing rescue - related activities.
# Answer:
D. support

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