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九必修 3 Unit 9 Wheels I .阅读理解A If you live in Washington, D. C. , or Redwood, Calif. , you may have glimpsed a small, boxy robot rolling along a local sidewalk, minding its own business, but attracting the attention of many a curious onlooker. The autonomous machines were part of a pilot program last year by Starship Technologies focused on delivering meals from local restaurants in dozens of cities around the world. “Today, more than ever, people lead a busy and diverse life, Lex Bayer, Starship s CEO, said in a statement online. The hassle of needing to rearrange your life for a delivery will become a thing of the past. You don, t have to switch your working from home day, reschedule meetings, visit a locker, drive to a post office or contact a deliveryman all because of a missed delivery. The package delivery service is not available to everyone just yet. The company said it s rolling out the service in Milton Keynes, England. The wheeled robots have a top speed of 4 mph and can detect obstacles from as far as 30 feet away. The robot can operate through just about anything, 〃 Nick Handrick, head of operations for Starship, s D. C. office, told TheWashingtonPost sMaura Judkis last year. If you had something in the way一a stick一it s able to climb the edges of a road. By giving customers control of when deliveries occur, Starship Technologies is offering its service as a way to battle package theft. In its announcement, the company cited statistics from a Wakefield Research Poll for Comcast last year that found that 3 in 10 Americans who live in houses or townhouses have had packages stolen. To sign up for the service, which costs a little more than $10 per month, customers need to download the company s app. Customers then create a “Starship Delivery Address” , a unique address inside a Starship facility, instead of a residence, where they can have packages sent from places such as Amazon, com. Once a package is delivered to the Starship address, customers receive a