VOA慢速英語：新型機器人加入勞動大軍

Meet the Newest Robots Joining the Work Force

新型機器人加入勞動大軍

Robots are not new to the industrial world. But as technology keeps getting better, more robots are helping humans in the workplace.

機器人在工業(yè)界并不鮮見。但是隨著技術(shù)越來越先進，越來越多的機器人正在車間給人們提供幫助。

Some of the world’s top robot innovators recently gathered at an expo in New York to show off their best machine workers.

世界上一些頂級機器人的創(chuàng)新者最近聚集于紐約的一個展覽會以展示他們最優(yōu)良的機器工作者。

One person attending the RoboUniverse expo said robots are important because they can take over tasks humans do not want. The founder and CEO of a new company called Blue Workforce, Preben Hjørnet, said robots will always assist humans, not replace them.

一個參加RoboUniverse展覽會的人說機器人很重要，因為他們可以接管人類不想做的工作。一個名為“藍領(lǐng)勞動力”的新公司的創(chuàng)建者以及CEO Preben Hjørnet 說，機器人永遠只能輔助人類，而不會取代人類。

“Robots have no conscience, no self-awareness, so they’ll never be social. But they don’t need to, to make a service for us,” he said.

“機器人沒有良知，沒有自我意識，所以他們永遠不會社會化。但是他們沒必要社會化，他們只是用于為我們提供服務(wù)。”他說。

Tom Moolayil, a technical manager at Universal Robots, agrees.

湯姆·穆拉伊爾是“萬能機器人”的一位技術(shù)經(jīng)理，他同意這種說法。

“Doing a repetitive, mundane task over and over again, I don’t think that’s a job any person should be doing even for a day,” he said.

“一遍遍地做一件重復(fù)的、枯燥的工作，我認為任何人都不應(yīng)該做這樣一份工作，哪怕是只做一天。”他說。

He added that a lot of companies with these kinds of jobs find it hard to keep workers. But luckily, robots do not mind being bored. They are also experts at repeating a task over and over again.

他又說，很多有這些工種的公司發(fā)現(xiàn)很難留住人。但是很幸運，機器人不介意枯燥無聊的工作。他們在一次次重復(fù)同樣的工作這方面很在行。

Advances in technology have made robots very safe.

技術(shù)方面的進步使得機器人很安全。

Universal Robots demonstrated how one of its machines stopped moving after a human fell on it.

“萬能機器人”描述了當(dāng)有人摔倒在一個機器人身上時它是如何停止運行的。

Safety is especially important in workplaces such as car factories, where humans and robots work side-by-side.

安全性在類似汽車工廠這樣的工作車間尤其重要，在這樣的地方人類和機器人協(xié)同工作。

Designers at Transcend Robotics created a robot for very dangerous jobs, including mining and law enforcement. It has controllable cameras, climbs stairs and travels over rough terrain.

Transcend Robotics的設(shè)計者們創(chuàng)造了一款用于極危險工作的機器人，比如采礦和執(zhí)法。

Chief Marketing Officer Alvin Wong said the machine aims to save lives.

市場總監(jiān)阿爾文·王稱，該機器旨在拯救生命。

“You can actually survey a hazardous environment before bringing a human into that area,” he said.

“在將一個人放入那個地區(qū)前你可以實地考察危險環(huán)境。”他說。

While some people fear robots will replace them, Wong said machines can actually help humans perform better. For example, police officers and soldiers consider the field of robotics to be their partner.

有些人擔(dān)心機器人會取代他們，王說實際上機器人會幫助人類更好地工作。比如，警官們和士兵們就將機器人學(xué)領(lǐng)域看作他們的伙伴。

Another use for modern robots is to help people who cannot walk.

現(xiàn)代機器人的另一個用途是幫助無法走路的人們。

5D Robotics showed how its navigation technology can guide people in wheelchairs along pre-programmed paths. 5D’s Chief Marketing Officer, Phil Mann, said cars and airplanes can also use the same navigation technology.

5D機器人演示了它的導(dǎo)航技術(shù)如何按照預(yù)定程序路線為輪椅上的人們提供導(dǎo)引。5D的市場總監(jiān)菲爾·曼說也可以使用相同的導(dǎo)航技術(shù)。

Mann and his colleagues believe Americans will soon have robot co-workers. But in most cases, he said workers won’t even notice – except maybe to realize that their day goes by much faster.

曼和他的同事們相信美國人會很快擁有機器人同事。但是他說，在大多數(shù)情況下，工人們甚至都不會注意到這一現(xiàn)象——除了可能會有人意識到他們一天的工作結(jié)束得太快了。

I’m Bryan Lynn.

布萊恩·林恩報道。