国外媒体:将机器人派往危险的环境中来侦测

The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory is sending one robot where it has never gone before, a highly radioactive environment.

美国能源Idaho国家实验室要将机器人派往从未去过的地方，高辐射的环境。

The talon¹ system robot is an ordinary commercially available robotic, but engineers at the INL are retro fitting it so it will be able to measure radiation levels where danger lurks².

爪状系统机器人是普通的商业机器人，但是INL的工程师安装了制动火箭，那样机器人就能用来测量潜在的有危险的辐射强度。

Director of the INL's science and engineering division David Miller³ said they want to use it so someone isn't put in the line of danger.

INL科学和工程实际分部的指导David Miller说，他们想派机器人去，来避免有人置于危险境地。

"There is a little phrase that you choose to use, if you use a robot when something is dull, dirty or dangerous."

用一个短语来说什么时候可用机器人。当做的事很单调，很脏活很危险的时候，可以用机器人。

Some workers at the Fukushima plant have already been exposed to high levels of radiation and burned.

Fukushima工厂的一些工人已经受到高强度的辐射和烧伤。

With camera's shielded from radiation, the robot will be able to pinpoint⁴ the exact location of the radioactive areas within the plant to help detect leaks.

保护摄像头使七免受辐射，机器人能够准确定位工厂内的辐射区域从来来帮助发现泄漏。

The INL has never had such a nuclear crisis so for them putting this robot in a highly radioactive environment is somewhat of an experiment.

INL从来没有过这样的核危机，所以对他们来说将机器派往危险的环境当中是种实验。”

“We've used with these kinds of robots systems to do environmental measurements where there might have been an area inside a building or something that we wanted it to have some sort of surveys done but probably never at the kind of levels that we will be talking about now."

我们已经用了一些机器人系统来进行测量，在楼里或某些地方我们想进行调查的低昂，但是从未在我们说的这样高辐射的环境下测量。

With so many environmental clean-up projects, the INL's robotics program has been able to grow over the last two decades.

有许多环清除工程，INL的机器人计划在过去20年间能够增长。

"So we developed the capabilities⁵ to again, send robots and other kind of measurement systems in the areas where we didn't want to put people at risk."

所以我们再次开发了能力，将机器人和其他测量系统派到不想让人冒险的环境中去。“

1 talon   

n.爪；（如爪般的）手指；爪状物

参考例句：

• Can you get a little tighter with the talon?你能不能把摄像探头固定住不动？
• This kind of spice is made of eagle's talon and has a unique flavor.这种香料味道独特，是用鹰爪作原料制成的。

2 lurks   

n.潜在，潜伏；（lurk的复数形式）vi.潜伏，埋伏（lurk的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Behind his cool exterior lurks a reckless and frustrated person. 在冷酷的外表背后，他是一个鲁莽又不得志的人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Good fortune lies within Bad, Bad fortune lurks within good. 福兮祸所倚，祸兮福所伏。 来自互联网

3 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

4 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

5 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓