VOA常速英语:In San Francisco, This Robot Barista Knows the Way You Like Your Latte

Meet Robin, a robotic barista who can make a cappuccino or five in minute.
瞧，这就是机器人咖啡师罗宾，它能在几分钟内做好1至5杯卡布奇诺。

This robot works at cafe X whose slogan is come for the robot ,stay for the coffee.
机器人在X咖啡亭工作，其标语是“为机器人而来，为咖啡而留。”

Robin doesn’t get tired, doesn’t go on breaks and it makes an Americano exactly the same way each time.
罗宾不会觉得疲倦，也不用休息，它能重复地泡好每一杯美式卡布奇诺咖啡。

It’s always going to use exactly the same quantity of being, the same milliliters of milk or water，the temperature is going to be the same.
它总能精确地倒好每杯咖啡所需的牛奶或水，用量精确到毫米，且每杯咖啡温度相同。

This robot barista is more than a glorified vending machine, it is a combination of hardware and software.
这个机器人咖啡师不仅仅是一位颇受美誉的自动贩卖机，更是软件和硬件的完美结合。

A six-axis Mitsubishi arm algorithms to figure out how to juggle multiple orders and sensors to detect cups and check on dwindling supplies.
基于算法公式，配有6根轴线的三菱手臂可以应对各种客人订单，手臂的感受器能感知咖啡杯的位置，核实咖啡是否已取走。

Near by a human hovers in case there is a problem with a robot and chats with customers about the origins of the coffee beans.
旁边配有服务人员，以防机器人出现问题，而且他还能向顾客介绍咖啡豆的产地。

We sort of really see this as human robot collaboration, you know, how can you enhance the productivity of an existing barista.
我们将这个视为人机合作，也就是提高现有咖啡师的工作效率。

And the robots have been programmed to have a little personality.
而且我们给这些机器人编码的时候，使其带有人性。

We have a wave which is very popular, people really like to see their robot way.
我们编码了备受青睐的挥手动作，顾客们都非常想看到机器人做这个动作。

We also have a lick of serve voila kind of gesture if you like hey here’s your coffee .
我们还编码了一个示意动作---“voila”，像是在说“嘿，这是您的咖啡。”

Our v2 machine has little dances in between to try to attract passers-by.
V2号机器可以简单地上下挥舞手臂以此吸引路人注意力。

And how do customers feel about robot coffee？
顾客们对这个机器人有何看法呢？

I feel like this is, this is a level I’m comfortable with and I don’t know about any more than that.
我很喜欢这个，我可以接受，别的我就不太清楚了。

I think there’s a lot of repetitive work that people would not want to do, at the same time, I think robots need a tremendous amount of human interaction to get it to the point where it can make a cup of coffee so.
我觉得生活中有很多人类不想做的重复性工作，所以我认为机器人需要与人类进行大量互动来完成泡咖啡这样的事情。

This cafe presents a vision of collaboration working robots and human workers coming together around coffee.
该咖啡亭呈现了机器人与工作人员一起合作泡咖啡的设想。

Michelle Quinn VOA news San Francisco
美国之音，旧金山 Michelle Quinn报道