But he wanted to try to master an area of robotics that remains unconquered - adaptability, the ability of the robot to rethink its plans as the environment around it changes, as would a human.

当时他下那想精钻一个没有被征服的机器人领域——即适应性能力。即机器人可以根据其周围环境的改变而调整其计划的能力，就像人那样。

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The exigencies of war with Britain, and survival in an unconquered frontier, gave them little choice.

ECONOMIST: Religion in America