机器人送外卖 不是梦

送货机器人，看上去就像一辆火星车。当然，这辆火星车短期内还只是在地球上行驶。研发这款机器人的爱沙尼亚公司“星际飞船”两年前刚刚成立，公司老总当年参与创建了网络通话服务Skype，可谓久经磨练。
星际飞船公司的业务伙伴之一是外卖送餐服务商Just Eat，后者在全球拥有1400万手机App用户。该公司总裁相信，送货机器人很快就会取得成功。
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((++++O-TON (English) David Buttress, CEO Just Eat))
“我们和星际飞船公司共同推行这一新项目。他们开发机器人，我们手中则有成千上万的顾客与餐馆资源。梦想触手可及。2016年下半年，机器人就将伦敦等地投入运营。”
(("So what it means in practice is that we are actually partners with Starship in actually building this out together. So they build the robotics and we are going to connect that to millions hopefully of consumers and thousands of restaurants over time and when will you see it, you'll see it now. So this is gonna happen in the second half of 2016, this is not some grand vision, three, four, five years away. This is going to happen in London in the second half of this year."))

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在宣传片中，研发者认为机器人将促使更多的餐馆使用外卖送餐服务，而顾客也能足不出户，拥有更多选择。
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研发者还相信，顾客届时愿意为一个机器人打开家门。
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((++++O-TON Allan Martinson, Chief Operating Officer of Starship Technologies:))
“目前，我们的机器人已经完成了大约7000公里的人行道测试，也就是总共遇到了约40万行人。大家对送货机器人的反应都挺正面的。现在，我们还将进一步了解在自家住宅中的人们会对机器人作出怎样的反应。”
(("We have by now driven around 5,000 miles or 7,000 plus kilometres on public sidewalks. We have seen almost 400, 000 or half a million people, we have learned a lot about public perception and socIal acceptance which has been overwhelmingly positive so now we will start to learn to do real deliveries and that's great in co-operation with such partners."))

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送货机器人的应用范围十分广泛。除了为餐馆送外卖，机器人还可以承担寄送快递的功能。也许，在不久的将来，马路上的机器人数量就将超越行人。
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