It's a sad story: someone keeps failing an exam for four years. It's the story of Torobo, a robot from Japan.
Torobo has been tying to enter the University of Tokyo in Japan. The university, also called Todai, is one of Asia's top universities. Since 2013, Torobo has taken the national college entrance exam with other Japanese students. However, the robot has failed to get the required (必需的) scores for Todai every year. This year was no exception (例外).
Torobo is part of a project called “Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?” Japan's National Institute of Informatics started the project in 2011. Torobo does not walk around. It is a robot brain that has arms to complete the test.
Researchers of the project want to find out what intellectual abilities (智能) will be replaced by machines. Results show that Torobo has grown in ability year by year. This year it got a score higher than Japan's national average (平均分), which is enough to enter other good universities, but not Todai. With its big database (数据库), Torobo is good at solving knowledge-based questions and mathematical calculations. That's why it got good scores in physics, history and math. But Torobo has a hard time thinking independently. As a result, it got weak scores in language and writing.
Luckily, after four years of suffering, researchers have decided to free Torobo from taking the test. They will improve Torobo's ability in the fields it's doing well in, so that it can be used in those industries (工业) in the future.
So although Torobo will never graduate from Todai, it can still expect to have a bright future!
