可复制任何人外观的机器人，你害怕吗

There’s no doubt robots are coming online in a big way—just look at Boston Dynamics’ Atlasand Spotfor proof of that statement. But while those robots actually look like robots, some manufacturers are moving more in the direction of replicants（replicant复制品）, 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（复制）the appearance of any human a buyer desires.

毫无疑问，机器人正在大规模上线——只要看看波士顿动力的Atlas 和Spot机器人，这些就是证据。但是，虽然这些机器人实际上看起来像机器人，但一些制造商正朝着复制者的方向改进，因为他们的目标是使他们的机器人更加人性化。以俄罗斯机器人制造商Promobot的这些新的Robo-C机器人为例，它的目的是复制任何买家想要的人的外观。

Although the creepy（令人毛骨悚然的）factor may seem quite high on these androids, the company’s stated goals seem relatively benign（温和的）. According to Promobot’s mission statement, the company basically wants to create robots that can be deployed to help with customer service, sales, miscellaneous（各种各样的）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.”

尽管这些机器人上令人毛骨悚然的因素似乎相当高，但该公司宣称的目标似乎相对温和。根据Promobot 的使命声明，大致来说，公司希望创建可以在客户服务、销售、杂项客户交互和个人家庭方面有帮助的机器人。根据Promobot 的使命声明，机器人能够履行"真正的员工职能"，并可以回答有关公司产品的问题，以及执行"特定业务任务"。

In a statementannouncing the launch of the Robo-C androids, which comes via The 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 will tap into【（词组）开发，应用例：The company will try to tap into Japan's rice market.这家公司将努力开发日本的大米市场。】a 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机器人董事会主席阿列克谢·尤扎科夫在宣布Robo-C机器人的发布时说，"现在每个人都能订购任何外观的机器人，这些机器人可以供职业或私人使用。尤扎科夫还说，这些机器人将进入一个巨大的市场，包括教育、服务和娱乐，并给出了使用案例，包括一个卖篮球服的机器人迈克尔·乔丹，或者一个在博物馆里阅读自己作品的机器人莎士比亚。

The tech specs for the Robo-C droids aren’t especially impressive considering the other 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 in lifelike（逼真的，惟妙惟肖的）artificial skin, and can emulate（模仿）emotions such as anger, wonder, and fear. Robo-C droids will also be able to speak 11 languages and utilize（使用）100,000 speech modules in order to answer questions and partake（参与，参加）in conversation.

Robo-C机器人的技术规格并不是令人印象特别深刻，因为过去几年来已经上线了不少其他类人机器人，但让面部表情尽可能的像确实是一个很突出的点。任何给定的Robo-C都能有600种面部表情，在栩栩如生的人造皮肤中保护下，可以模仿愤怒、惊奇和恐惧等情绪。Robo-C机器人也将能够说11种语言，并使用10万个语音模块来回答问题和参与对话。

对此，不少网友表示想要克隆自己的爱豆，还有网友表达了对机器人代替真人做不法之事的担忧，你怎么看？

编辑：hfy