And this turned out to be a little more dramatic than we expected it to be, 这个结果比我们想的要更有戏剧性， because none of the participants would even so much as strike these baby dinosaur robots, 因为甚至没有一个参与者去攻击这些小
Now this is just a little study, but it's part of a larger body of research 这只是一个小小的研究，但它是一个更大范围研究的一部分， that is starting to indicate that there may be a connection between people's tendencies for empa
There was a day, about 10 years ago, when I asked a friend to hold a baby dinosaur robot upside down. 大概10年前的一天，我让一个朋友头朝下地握持一个小恐龙机器人。 It was this toy called a Pleo that I had ordered, and I was really
Now, we're headed towards a world where robots are everywhere. 我们正迈入一个机器人无处不在的社会。 Robotic technology is moving out from behind factory walls. 机器人科技正在走出工厂的围墙。 It's entering workplaces, households. 它们正在
This is the PARO baby seal robot. It's used in nursing homes and with dementia patients. It's been around for a while. 这是帕罗婴儿海豹机器人。它被用于疗养院来陪伴老年痴呆症患者。它已经面世有阵子了。 And I remember, years ago, being at a pa
But my response to this robot was also interesting because I knew exactly how this machine worked, 但我对这个机器人的反应也非常有趣，因为我确切地知道这个机器工作的原理， and yet I still felt compelled to be kind to it. 然而我仍然感到有必要对它仁慈些。
Well, of course, we're primed by science fiction and pop culture to really want to personify these things, 不可否认，我们都被科幻小说及流行文化所影响，想要将这些东西拟人化， but it goes a little bit deeper than that. 但真实情况还有着更深层的含义。
Hello. My name is Simone. You know how people tell you if you get nervous when onstage, 大家好。我是Simone。人们总是告诉你，当你在舞台上感到紧张的时候， picture people in the audience naked? Like it's this thing that's supposed t
One of those things was puberty. Beautiful time indeed. But moreover, 其中一件是青春期的到来。非常美丽的时期。但除此之外， I got interested in building robots, and I wanted to teach myself about hardware. 我开始对搭建机器人感兴趣，我还想自学硬件知
