VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：機(jī)器人能夠幫助患病兒童減少孤獨(dú)感

機(jī)器人能夠幫助患病兒童減少孤獨(dú)感

A small robot may help children who are recovering from a long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home.

一個(gè)小小的機(jī)器人也許可以幫助那些正長(zhǎng)期在醫(yī)院或者在家恢復(fù)病痛的兒童。

These children may feel isolated from their friends and classmates. The robot takes their place at school. Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends. They also can take part in class from wherever they are recovering.

這些兒童也許會(huì)感覺(jué)被他們的朋友或者是同學(xué)孤立。機(jī)器人可以在學(xué)校。通過(guò)機(jī)器人，兒童可以聽見(jiàn)老師和朋友們的聲音。他們也可以在課堂上，甚至是任何他們康復(fù)的地方。

Anyone who has had a long-term illness knows that recovering at home can be lonely. This is can be especially true of children. They may feel left out.

任何有長(zhǎng)期病痛的人知道在家康復(fù)很可能孤獨(dú)。尤其是對(duì)于兒童來(lái)說(shuō)。他們也許會(huì)感覺(jué)被忽視。

Now, these children may have a high-tech friend to help feel less alone. That friend is a robot.

現(xiàn)在這些孩子有了高科技朋友的陪伴去幫助減少孤獨(dú)感。這個(gè)朋友就是機(jī)器人。

The robot is called AV1. AV1 goes to school for a child who is home bound while recovering from a long-term illness. And the child’s school friends must help. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on the child’s desk.

這種機(jī)器人叫做AV1代替因長(zhǎng)期病癥被綁定康復(fù)在家的孩子去學(xué)校。并且孩子的學(xué)校朋友一定會(huì)有所幫助。他們帶機(jī)器人去教室，并且將它放在孩子的課桌上。

A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot. The co-founders of No Isolation are Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel.

一家挪威的公司稱 No Isolation 創(chuàng)造了機(jī)器人。 No Isolation 的合伙人是凱倫·多爾瓦和馬呂斯·亞伯。

Dolva explains how the robot how AV1 works. She says from home, the child uses a tablet or phone to start the robot. Then they use the same device to control the robot’s movements.

多爾瓦解釋道：機(jī)器人AV1是如何工作的。她說(shuō)，兒童在家使用平板電腦或者是電話開啟機(jī)器人，然后他們使用驅(qū)動(dòng)裝置去控制機(jī)器人的行動(dòng)。

At school, the robot becomes the eyes, ears and voice of the child.

在學(xué)校，機(jī)器人變成眼睛，耳朵和兒童的聲音。

"So, it sits at the child's desk in the classroom and the child uses a tablet or a phone to start it, control its movement with touch, and talk through it. So it's the eyes and the ears and the voice at school."

“所以，他們?cè)趦和慕淌易龊貌⑶覂和褂闷桨寤蛘呤请娫捜ラ_啟它，通過(guò)觸摸來(lái)控制它的行動(dòng)，并且通過(guò)它談?wù)摗Ｋ栽趯W(xué)校，他是眼睛，耳朵和聲音”

The student can take part in classroom activities from wherever they are recovering – whether at home or from a hospital bed. The robot is equipped with speakers,microphones and cameras that makes communicating easy. Again, here is Dolva.

學(xué)生可以參與學(xué)校的活動(dòng)，無(wú)論他們是在哪里康復(fù)—在家還是在醫(yī)院的病床上。機(jī)器人配備了揚(yáng)聲器，麥克風(fēng)和相機(jī)，這些能夠使交流變得簡(jiǎn)單。仍舊是多爾瓦解釋道。

"It has speakers and microphones and cameras, and when the child speaks at home or in the hospital to his iPad it just comes out."

它配備了揚(yáng)聲器、麥克風(fēng)和相機(jī)，并且當(dāng)兒童在家或者是在醫(yī)院通過(guò)平板電腦來(lái)說(shuō)話的時(shí)候，機(jī)器人就會(huì)發(fā)出聲音。

The avatar was designed to be tough. It is water resistant and can take a fall from a desk without damage.

阿凡達(dá)設(shè)計(jì)的很艱苦。它可以防水并且從書桌上掉落了，也不會(huì)損壞。

Inside AV1 is a small computer connected to a 4G network. A small camera hooked up to a small computer could do the job. But that would not be the same.

AV1里是一個(gè)小計(jì)算機(jī)與4G網(wǎng)絡(luò)連接。一個(gè)小的相機(jī)與小計(jì)算機(jī)連接，保證可以工作。但是這兩個(gè)計(jì)算機(jī)不一樣。

AV1 is large and looks like a human for a reason. Dolva says this is important because the robot is supposed to be a friend to the children.

AV1和人類一樣大并且形狀很像人類是有原因的。多爾瓦說(shuō)，這是很重要的，因?yàn)闄C(jī)器人被認(rèn)為是孩子的朋友。

"(It) can't be just a tiny camera because the other kids can't pick it up and take it with them. This is supposed to be their friend."

它不應(yīng)該是很小的相機(jī)，因?yàn)槠渌暮⒆硬荒軌蚴捌鹚⑶译S身攜帶。它應(yīng)該是他們的朋友。

And robots are, quite simply, cool. The robot just became available to the public. Hopefully AV1 will help some children feel less lonely while they are absent from class.

并且機(jī)器人是很簡(jiǎn)單的，很酷的。機(jī)器人變成公眾的希望，AV1能后幫助一些孩子減少孤單感當(dāng)他們?nèi)毕n堂的時(shí)候。

I’m Anna Matteo.

安娜·馬泰奧報(bào)道。