VOA慢速英语：机器人能够帮助患病儿童减少孤独感

机器人能够帮助患病儿童减少孤独感

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

一个小小的机器人也许可以帮助那些正长期在医院或者在家恢复病痛的儿童。

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.

这些儿童也许会感觉被他们的朋友或者是同学孤立。机器人可以在学校。通过机器人，儿童可以听见老师和朋友们的声音。他们也可以在课堂上，甚至是任何他们康复的地方。

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.

任何有长期病痛的人知道在家康复很可能孤独。尤其是对于儿童来说。他们也许会感觉被忽视。

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

现在这些孩子有了高科技朋友的陪伴去帮助减少孤独感。这个朋友就是机器人。

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.

这种机器人叫做AV1代替因长期病症被绑定康复在家的孩子去学校。并且孩子的学校朋友一定会有所帮助。他们带机器人去教室，并且将它放在孩子的课桌上。

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

一家挪威的公司称 No Isolation 创造了机器人。 No Isolation 的合伙人是凯伦·多尔瓦和马吕斯·亚伯。

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.

多尔瓦解释道：机器人AV1是如何工作的。她说，儿童在家使用平板电脑或者是电话开启机器人，然后他们使用驱动装置去控制机器人的行动。

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

在学校，机器人变成眼睛，耳朵和儿童的声音。

"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，他们在儿童的教室做好并且儿童使用平板或者是电话去开启它，通过触摸来控制它的行动，并且通过它谈论。所以在学校，他是眼睛，耳朵和声音”

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.

学生可以参与学校的活动，无论他们是在哪里康复—在家还是在医院的病床上。机器人配备了扬声器，麦克风和相机，这些能够使交流变得简单。仍旧是多尔瓦解释道。

"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."

它配备了扬声器、麦克风和相机，并且当儿童在家或者是在医院通过平板电脑来说话的时候，机器人就会发出声音。

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

阿凡达设计的很艰苦。它可以防水并且从书桌上掉落了，也不会损坏。

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里是一个小计算机与4G网络连接。一个小的相机与小计算机连接，保证可以工作。但是这两个计算机不一样。

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和人类一样大并且形状很像人类是有原因的。多尔瓦说，这是很重要的，因为机器人被认为是孩子的朋友。

"(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."

它不应该是很小的相机，因为其他的孩子不能够拾起他并且随身携带。它应该是他们的朋友。

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.

并且机器人是很简单的，很酷的。机器人变成公众的希望，AV1能后帮助一些孩子减少孤单感当他们缺席课堂的时候。

I’m Anna Matteo.

安娜·马泰奥报道。