VOA慢速英语：新型机器人加入劳动大军

Meet the Newest Robots Joining the Work Force

新型机器人加入劳动大军

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

机器人在工业界并不鲜见。但是随着技术越来越先进，越来越多的机器人正在车间给人们提供帮助。

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

世界上一些顶级机器人的创新者最近聚集于纽约的一个展览会以展示他们最优良的机器工作者。

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.

一个参加RoboUniverse展览会的人说机器人很重要，因为他们可以接管人类不想做的工作。一个名为“蓝领劳动力”的新公司的创建者以及CEO Preben Hjørnet 说，机器人永远只能辅助人类，而不会取代人类。

“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.

“机器人没有良知，没有自我意识，所以他们永远不会社会化。但是他们没必要社会化，他们只是用于为我们提供服务。”他说。

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

汤姆·穆拉伊尔是“万能机器人”的一位技术经理，他同意这种说法。

“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.

“一遍遍地做一件重复的、枯燥的工作，我认为任何人都不应该做这样一份工作，哪怕是只做一天。”他说。

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.

他又说，很多有这些工种的公司发现很难留住人。但是很幸运，机器人不介意枯燥无聊的工作。他们在一次次重复同样的工作这方面很在行。

Advances in technology have made robots very safe.

技术方面的进步使得机器人很安全。

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

“万能机器人”描述了当有人摔倒在一个机器人身上时它是如何停止运行的。

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

安全性在类似汽车工厂这样的工作车间尤其重要，在这样的地方人类和机器人协同工作。

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的设计者们创造了一款用于极危险工作的机器人，比如采矿和执法。

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

市场总监阿尔文·王称，该机器旨在拯救生命。

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

“在将一个人放入那个地区前你可以实地考察危险环境。”他说。

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.

有些人担心机器人会取代他们，王说实际上机器人会帮助人类更好地工作。比如，警官们和士兵们就将机器人学领域看作他们的伙伴。

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

现代机器人的另一个用途是帮助无法走路的人们。

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机器人演示了它的导航技术如何按照预定程序路线为轮椅上的人们提供导引。5D的市场总监菲尔·曼说也可以使用相同的导航技术。

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.

曼和他的同事们相信美国人会很快拥有机器人同事。但是他说，在大多数情况下，工人们甚至都不会注意到这一现象——除了可能会有人意识到他们一天的工作结束得太快了。

I’m Bryan Lynn.

布莱恩·林恩报道。