There’s no doubt robots are coming online in a big way—just look at Boston Dynamics’AtlasandSpotfor proof of that statement. But while those robots actually look like robots, some manufacturers are moving more in the direction ofreplicants（replicant復(fù)制品）, in that they’re aiming to make their robots far morehumanlike（像人的）.Take these new Robo-C androids from Russian robot manufacturer, Promobot, for example, which aim toduplicate（復(fù)制）the appearance of any human a buyer desires.

毫無疑問，機(jī)器人正在大規(guī)模上線——只要看看波士頓動(dòng)力的Atlas 和Spot機(jī)器人，這些就是證據(jù)。但是，雖然這些機(jī)器人實(shí)際上看起來像機(jī)器人，但一些制造商正朝著復(fù)制者的方向改進(jìn)，因?yàn)樗麄兊哪繕?biāo)是使他們的機(jī)器人更加人性化。以俄羅斯機(jī)器人制造商Promobot的這些新的Robo-C機(jī)器人為例，它的目的是復(fù)制任何買家想要的人的外觀。

Although thecreepy（令人毛骨悚然的）factor may seem quite high on these androids, the company’s stated goals seem relativelybenign（溫和的）. According to Promobot’smission statement, the company basically wants to create robots that can be deployed to help with customer service, sales,miscellaneous（各種各樣的）client interactions, and personal in-home use. The robots are able to perform “real employee functions” according to Promobot’s mission statement, and can answer questions about a company’s products, as well as perform “specific business tasks.”

盡管這些機(jī)器人上令人毛骨悚然的因素似乎相當(dāng)高，但該公司宣稱的目標(biāo)似乎相對(duì)溫和。根據(jù)Promobot 的使命聲明，大致來說，公司希望創(chuàng)建可以在客戶服務(wù)、銷售、雜項(xiàng)客戶交互和個(gè)人家庭方面有幫助的機(jī)器人。根據(jù)Promobot 的使命聲明，機(jī)器人能夠履行"真正的員工職能"，并可以回答有關(guān)公司產(chǎn)品的問題，以及執(zhí)行"特定業(yè)務(wù)任務(wù)"。

Ina statementannouncing the launch of the Robo-C androids, which comes viaThe New York Post, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Promobot, Aleksei Iuzhakov, said that “Everyone will now be able to order a robot with any appearance—for professional or personal use.” Iuzhakov added that these robots willtap into【（詞組）開發(fā)，應(yīng)用例：The company will try to tap into Japan's rice market.這家公司將努力開發(fā)日本的大米市場(chǎng)?！縜 huge market encompassing education, service, and entertainment, and gave use-case examples, including a robotic Michael Jordan selling basketball uniforms or a robotic Shakespeare reading his own work in a museum.

Promobot機(jī)器人董事會(huì)主席阿列克謝·尤扎科夫在宣布Robo-C機(jī)器人的發(fā)布時(shí)說，"現(xiàn)在每個(gè)人都能訂購任何外觀的機(jī)器人，這些機(jī)器人可以供職業(yè)或私人使用。尤扎科夫還說，這些機(jī)器人將進(jìn)入一個(gè)巨大的市場(chǎng)，包括教育、服務(wù)和娛樂，并給出了使用案例，包括一個(gè)賣籃球服的機(jī)器人邁克爾·喬丹，或者一個(gè)在博物館里閱讀自己作品的機(jī)器人莎士比亞。

The tech specs for the Robo-C droids aren’t especially impressive considering theother humanoid robotsthat have been coming online over the last couple of years, but there’s certainly an emphasis on getting facial expressions to be as on-point as possible. Any given Robo-C is capable of 600 facial expressions, is sheathed inlifelike（逼真的，惟妙惟肖的）artificial skin, and canemulate（模仿）emotions such as anger, wonder, and fear. Robo-C droids will also be able to speak 11 languages andutilize（使用）100,000 speech modules in order to answer questions andpartake（參與，參加）in conversation.

Robo-C機(jī)器人的技術(shù)規(guī)格并不是令人印象特別深刻，因?yàn)檫^去幾年來已經(jīng)上線了不少其他類人機(jī)器人，但讓面部表情盡可能的像確實(shí)是一個(gè)很突出的點(diǎn)。任何給定的Robo-C都能有600種面部表情，在栩栩如生的人造皮膚中保護(hù)下，可以模仿憤怒、驚奇和恐懼等情緒。Robo-C機(jī)器人也將能夠說11種語言，并使用10萬個(gè)語音模塊來回答問題和參與對(duì)話。

對(duì)此，不少網(wǎng)友表示想要克隆自己的愛豆，還有網(wǎng)友表達(dá)了對(duì)機(jī)器人代替真人做不法之事的擔(dān)憂，你怎么看？

編輯：hfy