每日英語跟讀 Ep.K367: About Japan - 日本剝香蕉皮機器人與好吃筷子

<p>每日英語跟讀 Ep.K367: About Japan - Japanese robot can peel bananas cleanly</p> <p> </p> <p>Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the delicate task of peeling a banana without squashing the fruit inside.</p> <p>日本的機器人常見到在工廠裡執行簡單的工作或是分送食物給餐廳顧客，但研究人員如今展示一種機器人，它能夠執行剝香蕉皮且不會壓壞裡面水果的細緻工作。</p> <p>While the dual-armed machine is only successful 57% of the time, banana peeling points to a future where machines undertake more subtle operations than moving metal parts or delivering coffee.</p> <p>雖然這種雙臂機器只有57%的時間是成功的，但剝香蕉皮顯示未來機器能夠從事比搬運金屬零件或送上咖啡更精巧的行動。</p> <p>Video from researchers at the University of Tokyo showed the robot pick up and peel a banana with both hands in about three minutes.</p> <p>東京大學研究人員的影片顯示，這款機器人用雙手在3分鐘內撿起一根香蕉並完成剝皮。</p> <p>Researchers Heecheol Kim, Yoshiyuki Ohmura and Yasuo Kuniyoshi trained the robot using a "deep imitation learning" p...