日本将推出一款可以自动叠衣的机器人-英语课

时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻

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　　Hate doing laundry? Shin Sakane has a solution.

　　不喜欢洗衣服？Shin Sakane会为你提供一个解决方案。
　　The Japanese inventor received 6 billion yen 1 ($53 million) from partners, including Panasonic Corp., last month to advance "the Laundroid" – a robot Sakane is developing to not only wash and dry garments, but also sort, fold and neatly 2 arrange them.
　　最近，这位日本发明家从包括松下电器在内的一批合作伙伴那里获得了60亿日元(约合5300万美元)投资，旨在开发一款名为“Laundroid”的机器人--它不仅可以洗衣服、熨衣服，还能把衣服叠好，并按顺序放好每件衣服。
　　The device could fill the roles of washing machine, dryer 3 and clothes drawer in people's homes.
　　这款设备可以放置在家中，同时扮演洗衣机、烘干机和衣橱的角色。
　　Sakane, whose earlier inventions include an anti-snoring device and golf clubs made of space materials, said the funding will bring closer his dream.
　　Sakane之前曾发明过一款防鼾器和一个使用太空材料制作的高尔夫球杆，他表示这些投资使他距离自己的梦想又近了一步。
　　日本将推出一款可以自动叠衣的机器人
　　Among his inspirations for the project is the 1968 Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey 4."
　　他的灵感来源于1968年斯坦利·库布里克拍摄的著名科幻电影《2001：太空漫步》。
　　While the full product is slated 5 for release in 2019, an early version that can only sort and fold clothing goes on sale worldwide in March.
　　全功能版产品将会在2019年发布，但该公司将会在明年三月上市销售一款早期版产品，但预计只能折叠并整理排序衣服。
　　The goal is to eventually get the price of the full version to less than about 300,000 yen ($2,700). The model going on sale in March will probably cost significantly more due to higher initial production costs.
　　Sakane的目标是最后能生产出一台售价不高于30万日元（2700 美元）的完整版产品。明年三月份上市的产品售价可能很高，因为初始的生产成本较高。
　　"We decided 6 that by combining Panasonic's washing and drying machine technology and 7D's folding technology, it is possible to bring an all-in-one product to the market," said Kyoko Ishii, a spokeswoman for Panasonic.
　　松下公司的发言人Kyoko Ishii表示："我们决定将松下的洗衣机和烘干机技术与7D公司的衣服折叠技术结合在一起，可能向市场推出一款一体化的产品。"
　　Users will still have to do some tasks, such as partially 7 buttoning shirts, ensuring clothes aren't inside out.
　　不过即便如此，用户可能还是需要手工处理一些作业，比如将待洗衬衫的纽扣解开、确保衣服不会拧在一起等。