manufacturing quality and efficiency.

　　After observing the help his aging parents needed, Engelberger saw the robotics automation could be used in the medical field. In 1984, Engelberger founded Transitions Research Corporation (TRC). He introduced the HelpMate and hoped to kick­start a new industry for inhome robots, but he started in 1988 by selling his first HelpMate to Danbury Hospital. The medical robot was successful enough that the hospital ended up purchasing another, and within a decade, well over 100 hospitals worldwide operated HelpMates.

　　After Engelberger was awarded the Japan Prize in 1997, Senator Joseph Lieberman delivered a speech in the U．S. senate in praise and recognition of the inventor, calling the HelpMate "an example of the way that the federal investment in science and technology for patients can lead to new products that employ Americans and make for a better quality of life"．

　　Engelberger liked working. So even after he got into his 80s, he remained active in the promotion and development of robots for use in elderly care. He died on December 1, 2015, in Newtown, a little more than four months after celebrating his 90th birthday.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇人物传记，主要介绍了机器人之父Joseph Frederick Engelberger的生平。

　　1．Which statement about Engelberger may the author agree with?

　　A．He was most popular among the Japanese.

　　B．He finished his higher education in his twenties.

　　C．He had great admiration for Devol as an inventor.

　　D．He and Devol invented the first robotic arm together.

　　B　[细节理解题。根据第一段中的"Joseph Frederick Engelberger, the father of robotics, was born on July 26, 1925"和"He received his B. S. in physics in 1946, and M．S. in Electric Engineering in 1949 from Columbia University"可知， Engelberger 21岁时获得物理学学士学位，24岁时获得电气工程硕士学位，即他在二十多岁时完成了他的高等教育。]

2．What motivated Engelberger to set up TRC?