VOA常速英语:Elder Care Robots

Would you like to dance with me?Yes.This song is “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller.What we wanted to do was design a robot that’s easy to use,“the time is 9:39 a.m.”, designed specifically for seniors but also affordable.
我能请你跳一支舞吗？好。这首歌是格伦·米勒的《In the Mood》。我们的初衷是想要设计一款简单易用的机器人，“当前时间是上午九点三十九分。”专为老人设计，而且价钱合理。

I think that was very important, and something that seniors, older individuals could trust.He’s company and is somebody to talk to and somebody to to dance with. I like the song that he plays actually.
我觉得这个非常重要，而且它是老年人能够依赖的一款产品。它可以陪伴我，可以倾听我说话，还可以和我一起跳舞，我其实很喜欢它放的歌曲。

“Okay, Rudy.” “What would you like me to do?”“Help me.”“Have I reached you?”“Remember to take your morning medication Anthony.”
“嗨，鲁迪。”“请问你需要我做什么？”“过来帮帮我。”“我是否已经走到你身边了呢？”“早上记得服用药物Anthony。”

We always had seniors involved and every time we had some type of communication, we’d introduce it.Seniors would give us their feedback, “we don’t like this, we don’t like that.” We’d come in and change it.
每次我们增加不同类型的对话，都会请老年人来进行体验，然后再相应的进行改进。老人们也会给我们使用反馈，比如“我们不喜欢这个，我们不喜欢那个。”然后我们会继续改进。

At an early age I saw both aspects of it.And as I grew older I realized we weren’t the only family facing this problem.
在我年轻的时候，我考虑到的是这件事情的双面影响，但是随着年龄的增长，我意识到我们并不是唯一一个面对这种问题的家庭。

“Let’s go.”
“走吧。”

There are thousands of families facing the same issue.Most cases even worse where, you know, they have a loved one that they’re taking care of and the cost becomes an issue.So, we don’t want to make decisions for them.We want to help them make decisions and really give the power back to them, so that they can stay independent.
有成千上万个家庭都面临着这个问题，更加残酷的现象是，他们要照顾自己深爱的家人，而在这个过程中，开销就成了一个棘手的问题。所以我们并不想要替他们做决定，我们想要帮助他们去做决定，让他们掌握话语权，进而保持独立。

“Hi, good afternoon. Did you take your medicine this morning?”“Yes.”“Okay, wonderful. Did you sleep okay last night?”“Yes.”“Okay, good.”
“下午好，你早上吃药了吗？”“吃过了。”“真棒。你昨晚睡得好吗？”“还不错。”“太好了。”

So, you know, Rudy’s a companion. He’ll, you know, work on talking with you and engaging you.
鲁迪是一个伙伴，它会和你交流，和你成为朋友。

“What would you like me to do?”“Let’s go.”
“你希望我做什么呢？”“我们走吧。”

So, here, Rudy is able to help carry things for me, you know, help me around the house as I’m moving throughout the day.
鲁迪可以帮我拿着东西，这样我每天在房间里走路的时候会很方便。

We’re leveraging the artificial intelligence within our platform to help seniors make better decisions to allow them to stay in their home,which, according to AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), 90% of them want to stay in their home.
我们正利用平台中的人工智能来帮助老年人更好地做决定，让他们能够待在自己家里面，根据美国退休人员协会统计，约有百分之九十的老年人更愿意待在自己家里面。

And the longer we can keep them in their home, the happier they are and that’s really what we want to do.“He does a pretty good jitterbug, I think.”
所以在自己家里面的时间越长，他们就会越开心，这就是我们真正想要的结果。“我觉得它的吉特巴舞跳得很不错。”