2017考研英語時事新聞：機器人技術的發展

備考考研的同學們平時應該多讀一些英文時事新聞，不僅能了解時事熱點，積累素材，同時也使自己寫作中的英語表達更加豐富。本期，我們給大家整理的是2016年4月20日的一篇有關機器人科技的英語新聞，通過這篇新聞同學們除了可以學到一些考研英語高頻詞匯和短語，還可以通過閱讀了解機器人技術相關的知識，擴充自己的知識面。

Inside advances in robot technology

機器人技術的發展

Last year, more than 200,000 robots were shipped around the world for industrial use. Nearly 60 percent of them were installed in plants, building automobiles. But it might not be long before we see them off the factory floor and participating in everyday life.

去年200多個機器人被運到世界各地并運用到工業當中，接近60%的機器人被安裝在工廠里制造汽車。不過也許不久我們將看到機器人離開工廠而參與到日常生活當中。

There are cute robots, famous robots and robots that look like us. Robots have become more advanced and will likely become a bigger part of our daily lives in the years ahead.

有可愛的機器人，著名的機器人，還有長得像我們的機器人。機器人變得更加先進，而且很可能在未來的幾年，成為我們日常生活中一個更加重要的部分。

Some robots are just for fun like these soccer-bots or this ping pong playing robot. Other robots may one day become our rivals in the workplace as they become able to: pick strawberries, stack boxes, direct traffic, prepare food and make us a cocktail-- shaken not stirred.

一些機器人只是為了消遣，比如這些踢足球的機器人和打乒乓球的機器人，其他的機器人當他們能夠完成摘草莓，堆箱子，指揮交通，準備食物并做雞尾酒(搖勻,不要攪拌)等工作的時候，可能會成為我們工作中的競爭對手。

Robots have met heads of state including Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who met this somewhat confused looking robot. There have been robots on stage and robots in space.

機器人已經和許多國家的首腦見過面，包括智利總統米歇爾·巴奇萊特，她見過這個看起來有些迷惑的機器人。還有一些機器人在舞臺上表演，或者在太空中。

Some robots are becoming more humanoid. This is Jia Jia - created at the University of Science and Technology of China.

一些機器人變得更像人類。這是Jia Jia ，由中國科學技術大學創造。

A man in Hong Kong built this very human looking robot as a companion.

香港有一個人制造了這個長得非常像人類的機器人作為自己的同伴。

A robot so realistic looking that she- or rather it- can be a little unsettling.

機器人看起來太像真人的時候會讓人有些不安。

"The more androids look like humans, the more humans fear them. That's a natural reaction," Creator of Asuna Takeshi Mita said.

“機器人越像人類，人類就越害怕它們，這是一種自然的反應。” Asuna Takeshi Mita 的創造者說。

Making a robot that is more like a human has several advantages if we want them to operate in a world built for humans.

制作更像人類的機器人有幾個好處，如果你想要它們在人類的世界中起作用的話。

Humanoid robots have an easier time driving vehicles, operating machinery and walking on stairs- even if they sometimes fall.

仿人機器人更容易做一些事情，比如開車，操作機器以及在樓梯上走路，盡管他們有時候會摔倒。

This is PETMAN- a robot created for the U.S. military. It's partially autonomous- which means it can make some decisions on its own. PETMAN was designed to test uniforms, but it's not hard to imagine a gun in its hand. A future with so-called "killer robots" is raising ethical concerns.

這是給美國軍隊制作的機器人---PETMAN。他是部分自動的，也就是說它能夠自己做一些決定。設計PETMAN是用來測試制服的，但是不難想象他手里拿一桿槍。所謂的“機器人殺手”的未來正引發倫理方面的擔憂。

"Who will be responsible for one of these weapons systems killing an innocent person. It's very unclear, we don't have the framework in place to understand. Is it the person who built the autonomous robot. Is it the person who built the program. It is the person who turned it on Who is going to be responsible? We don't understand these questions," Toby Walsh with University of New South Wales said.

“誰來為這些殺害無辜人的武器系統負責，這一點非常不清晰，我們沒有一個體系來理解這個問題，誰來負責?是制作自動機器人的人，還是編寫程序的人，還是打開機器人的人，我們不明白這些問題。”新南威爾士大學的Toby Walsh表示。

And as robots become smarter and more resilient, some fear that one day these creations of man could turn against us.

隨著機器人變得更加聰明，更加有彈性，有些人害怕有一天這些人類的創造物會轉而反對人類。

"Could there be a robot rebellion one day? Who knows. Researchers in that field are trying to create feelings, to create emotions and to express them, but to create a machine that is able to think by itself is something complicated, and we won't see it in a near future," Santiago Martinez De La Casa Carlos III with University of Madrid said

“未來會發生機器人叛亂嗎?沒有人知道。這一領域的研究者正嘗試創造感覺，創造感情以及表達感情，但是創造一個能夠自己思考的機器是復雜的，而且在近期我們無法達到這一點。”馬德里大學的Santiago Martinez De La Casa Carlos III 說。

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