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Computer scientist Mary has an idea for a new robot to help her work with children. How should it look? The robot should have arms to be able to lift things. And if it is going to communicate with people, it will also need a face. Scientists believe that giving a robot a face can make it seem more friendly. Humans would also like to pay more attention to robots with faces. But what kind?
计算机科学家玛丽有个想法，用新的机器人帮助她和孩子们一起工作。它应该是什么样子？机器人应该有手臂才能举起东西。如果它要与人交流，它还需要一张脸。科学家们认为，给机器人一张脸可以让它看起来更友好。人类也希望更多地关注有脸的机器人。但应该什么样呢？

For Mary, she wants to make sure that her new robot doesn’t look too much like a human. She wants people to just treat it as a machine-person. If it looks more like a human than a machine, she thinks users might find it a bit creepy and feel afraid. Mary also believes that robot faces don’t need to look a lot like ours. Her research shows that we can enjoy communicating with robots whether or not they look like humans, because our brains are able to look for faces. Just put two circles on top of a robot’s body, and we will see a face.
对于玛丽来说，她想确保她的新机器人看起来不太像人类。她希望人们把它当作机器人来对待。如果它看起来更像人类而不是机器，她认为用户可能会觉得它有点令人毛骨悚然并感到害怕。玛丽还认为，机器人的脸不需要看起来像我们的脸。她的研究表明，无论机器人看起来是否像人类，我们都可以享受与机器人交流的乐趣，因为我们的大脑能够寻找面孔。只需在机器人的身体上画两个圆圈，我们就会看到一张脸。

Dave feels differently. He believes that although at first we might be afraid when seeing a robot with a lifelike face, we may soon get used to it. If robots are going to work closely with humans, they should look as much like us as possible. After all, faces are an important part of the way we communicate.
戴夫想法不一样。他认为，虽然起初我们看到一个有着逼真面孔的机器人时可能会感到害怕，但我们可能很快就会习惯。如果机器人要与人类密切合作，它们应该尽可能地看起来像我们。毕竟，面孔是我们沟通方式的重要组成部分。

To make his robots look as much like real people as possible, Dave invented a special skin for their faces. With this skin, robots can show human-like expressions and appear to be angry, sad, happy or surprised. Dave’s robots are also programmed to copy expressions. How? Just imagine his robot is looking at you. The cameras in its eyes send pictures of your face to its central computer!
为了让他的机器人看起来尽可能像真人，戴夫为他们的脸发明了一种特殊的皮肤。有了这种皮肤，机器人可以表现出类似人类的表情，并表现出愤怒、悲伤、快乐或惊讶。戴夫的机器人还被编程为可以复制表情。怎么样？想象一下，他的机器人正看着你。他眼睛里的摄像头会给你的面孔拍照，并发送给他的中央电脑！