ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Hanson - Robotics designer
David Hanson merges robotics and art to design life-like, social robots that can mimic human expression and emotion.

Why you should listen

David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics -- a company that aims to create robots as socially adept as any human being. Through his organization, he has seen the success of robotic facial hardware that establishes eye contact, recognizes faces and carries out natural spoken conversation. Hanson hopes these robotic faces prove useful to cognitive science and psychology, and to the entertainment industry.

A former Walt Disney Imagineer, this young entrepreneur and roboticist has been labelled a "genius" by both PC Magazine and WIRED, and has earned awards from NASA, NSF and Cooper Hewitt Design. If Hanson succeeds, he will create a socially intelligent robot that may even one day have a place in the human family.

More profile about the speaker
David Hanson | Speaker | TED.com
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David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion"

戴维•汉森:情感丰富的机器人

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戴维•汉森的机器人有表情丰富的脸,不管看起来或动起来都很人性化。它们认得情绪,也会响应,并且能够展现自己的情绪。接下来,爱因斯坦机器人极富情感 的表演,将让我们一窥机器人模仿真实人类的科幻未来。
- Robotics designer
David Hanson merges robotics and art to design life-like, social robots that can mimic human expression and emotion. Full bio

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I'm Dr博士. David大卫 Hanson汉森, and I build建立 robots机器人 with character字符.
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我是戴维•汉 森,我设计具有人格的机器人。
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And by that, I mean
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我指的是,
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that I develop发展 robots机器人 that are characters人物,
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我研制出的机器 人具有个性,
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but also robots机器人 that will eventually终于
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也是个最终
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come to empathize同情 with you.
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会跟你产生共 鸣的机器人。
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So we're starting开始 with a variety品种 of technologies技术
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所以我们从许 多不同的科技开始,
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that have converged融合 into these conversational对话的 character字符 robots机器人
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这些科技造就 了具人格并懂得对话的机器人,
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that can see faces面孔, make eye contact联系 with you,
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它们看得到 脸,也会跟你有眼神上的交流,
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make a full充分 range范围 of facial面部 expressions表达式, understand理解 speech言语
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还会做许多种 脸部表情,也懂得对话,
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and begin开始 to model模型 how you're feeling感觉
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并且开始仿效 你的感觉,
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and who you are, and build建立 a relationship关系 with you.
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了解你是谁, 并与你建立关系。
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I developed发达 a series系列 of technologies技术
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我发展了一系 列的科技,
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that allowed允许 the robots机器人 to make more realistic实际 facial面部 expressions表达式
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让机器人做出 栩栩如生的脸部表情,
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than previously先前 achieved实现, on lower降低 power功率,
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比起先前类似 的成果,耗能很低,
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which哪一个 enabled启用 the walking步行 biped两足动物 robots机器人, the first androids机器人.
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这造就了第一 代的人型机器人,两只脚的机器人。
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So, it's a full充分 range范围 of facial面部 expressions表达式
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这个机器人有 着相当多的脸部表情,
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simulating模拟 all the major重大的 muscles肌肉 in the human人的 face面对,
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仿效着人类脸 上的所有主要肌肉,
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running赛跑 on very small batteries电池,
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可以靠很小的 电池运作,
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extremely非常 lightweight轻量级.
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极度轻薄。
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The materials物料 that allowed允许 the battery-operated电池操作 facial面部 expressions表达式
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让这电池驱动 的脸部表情成真的材料,
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is a material材料 that we call FrubberFrubber,
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是我们叫作 Frubber 的材料,
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and it actually其实 has three major重大的 innovations创新
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这材料有着三 种主要创新,
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in the material材料 that allow允许 this to happen发生.
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让这项科技得 以实现。
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One is hierarchical分级 pores毛孔,
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一个是阶层式 毛孔。
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and the other is a macro-molecular大分子 nanoscale纳米级 porosity多孔性 in the material材料.
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另一个则是材 料中的巨分子奈米孔径。
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There he's starting开始 to walk步行.
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这是机器人开 始在走路。
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This is at the Korean朝鲜的 Advanced高级 Institute研究所 of Science科学 and Technology技术.
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这地点在韩国 高等科学技术学院。
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I built内置 the head. They built内置 the body身体.
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我做了头部, 他们则做了身体。
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So the goal目标 here is to achieve实现 sentience知觉 in machines,
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我的目标是透 过机器表达感觉,
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and not just sentience知觉, but empathy同情.
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不只是感觉, 神情上也是。
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We're working加工 with the Machine Perception知觉 Laboratory实验室
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我们和加州大 学圣地亚哥分校)
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at the U.C. San Diego迭戈.
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的机械感知实 验室 (MPL) 合作。
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They have this really remarkable卓越 facial面部 expression表达 technology技术
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他们具有这项 了不起的脸部表情科技,
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that recognizes识别 facial面部 expressions表达式,
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认得各种脸部 表情,
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what facial面部 expressions表达式 you're making制造.
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你所作的各种 表情。
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It also recognizes识别 where you're looking, your head orientation方向.
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它还分辨得出 你在往哪看,还有你头的动向。
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We're emulating模仿 all the major重大的 facial面部 expressions表达式,
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我们模仿所有 主要的脸部表情,
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and then controlling控制 it with the software软件
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再用「表情引 擎」这个软件
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that we call the Character字符 Engine发动机.
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控制机器 人。
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And here is a little bit of the technology技术 that's involved参与 in that.
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这是以上这 些科技的小小展示。
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In fact事实, right now -- plug插头 it from here, and then plug插头 it in here,
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事实上,现 在,从这边插插头,再从这边插入,
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and now let's see if it gets得到 my facial面部 expressions表达式.
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现在我们来 看看,它是否读得到我的脸部表情。
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Okay. So I'm smiling微笑.
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OK. 所以我正在微笑。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Now I'm frowning皱着眉头.
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现在我在皱 眉头。
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And this is really heavily严重 backlit背光.
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这里的背光 相当严重。
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Okay, here we go.
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好,可以 了。
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Oh, it's so sad伤心.
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噢,它真难 过。
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Okay, so you smile微笑, frowning皱着眉头.
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OK,当你 微笑和皱眉头时。
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So his perception知觉 of your emotional情绪化 states状态
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它对你情绪 状态的察觉是很重要的,
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is very important重要 for machines to effectively有效 become成为 empathetic感情移入的.
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这让机器人 可以有效地仿效你的情感。
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Machines are becoming变得 devastatingly毁灭性的 capable
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机器现在变 得具有毁灭性的力量,
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of things like killing谋杀. Right?
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像是杀戮, 对吧?
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Those machines have no place地点 for empathy同情.
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那些机器没 有情感。
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And there is billions数十亿 of dollars美元 being存在 spent花费 on that.
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人们却耗费 数十亿元在那上头。
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Character字符 robotics机器人 could plant the seed种子
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我们可以用 情感机器人做个开端,
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for robots机器人 that actually其实 have empathy同情.
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使未来机器 人真的能具有同理心。
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So, if they achieve实现 human人的 level水平 intelligence情报
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所以,如果 它们有人类般的智慧,
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or, quite相当 possibly或者, greater更大 than human人的 levels水平 of intelligence情报,
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或甚至有可 能,比人类的智慧要来得高,
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this could be the seeds种子 of hope希望 for our future未来.
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这有可能是 我们未来希望的开端。
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So, we've我们已经 made制作 20 robots机器人 in the last eight years年份, during the course课程 of getting得到 my Ph博士.D.
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过去八年, 在我攻读博士期间,我们完成了二十个机器人。
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And then I started开始 Hanson汉森 Robotics机器人,
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接着我创立 了汉森机器科学公司,
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which哪一个 has been developing发展 these things for mass manufacturing制造业.
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为的是大规 模生产研发这些科技。
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This is one of our robots机器人
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这是我们生 产的机器人中的一个,
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that we showed显示 at Wired有线 NextFestNextFest a couple一对 of years年份 ago.
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我们几年前 在《Wierd》杂志 所举办的发明大展 中展示过。
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And it sees看到 multiple people in a scene现场,
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它能同时辨 认许多不同的人,
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remembers记得 where individual个人 people are,
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记得每个人 所在的位置,
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and looks容貌 from person to person, remembering记忆 people.
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在人与人间 来回注视着,并记得他们。
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So, we're involving涉及 two things.
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我们谈的有 两件事。
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One, the perception知觉 of people,
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一个是人的 知觉。
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and two, the natural自然 interface接口,
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the natural自然 form形成 of the interface接口,
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接口原本应 有的样子,
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so that it's more intuitive直观的 for you to interact相互作用 with the robot机器人.
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所以你跟机 器人互动是更直观的。
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You start开始 to believe that it's alive and aware知道的.
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你开始相信 机器人是有生命并有意识的。
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So one of my favorite喜爱 projects项目 was bringing使 all this stuff东东 together一起
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所以我最喜 欢的主题之一,就是把这些结合起来,
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in an artistic艺术的 display显示 of an android安卓 portrait肖像
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用一种艺术 性的展示,
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of science-fiction科幻小说 writer作家 Philip菲利普 K. Dick迪克,
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秀出科幻小 说作家菲利普•狄克笔下的机器人,
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who wrote great works作品 like, "Do Androids机器人 Dream梦想 of Electric电动 Sheep?"
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他曾写出像 《机器人是否会梦见机器羊?》这样精采的作品,
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which哪一个 was the basis基础 of the movie电影 "Bladerunner银翼杀手."
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电影《银翼 杀手》就是基于这部小说
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In these stories故事, robots机器人 often经常 think
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在这些故事 里,机器人常常会觉得
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that they're human人的, and they sort分类 of come to life.
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他们是人 类。而且他们总是会获得生命。
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So we put his writings文章, letters,
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his interviews面试, correspondences对应,
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他的访问、 书函,
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into a huge巨大 database数据库 of thousands数千 of pages网页,
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集结成上千 页的数据库,
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and then used some natural自然 language语言 processing处理
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接着再用一 些自然的语言处理,
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to allow允许 you to actually其实 have a conversation会话 with him.
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让你真的可 以和他对话。
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And it was kind of spooky幽灵般的, because he would say these things
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这还真的有 点吓人。因为他会说些事,
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that just sounded满面 like they really understood了解 you.
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就好像它们 真的懂你。
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And this is one of the most exciting扣人心弦 projects项目 that we're developing发展,
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这正是我们 在发展最令人兴奋的计划之一,
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which哪一个 is a little character字符 that's a spokesbotspokesbot
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这是个小角 色,一个小机器人,
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for friendly友善 artificial人造 intelligence情报, friendly友善 machine intelligence情报.
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目的是研发 友善的人工智能,友善的机械智能。
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And we're getting得到 this mass-manufactured大量制造.
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我们正在大 规模生产这个产品。
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We specked看上 it out to actually其实 be doable可行
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我们知道这 是真的做得到的,
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with a very, very low-cost低成本 bill法案 of materials物料,
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so that it can become成为 a childhood童年 companion伴侣 for kids孩子.
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这就可以成 为孩子童年的伙伴。
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Interfacing界面 with the Internet互联网, it gets得到 smarter聪明 over the years年份.
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接上网络, 经过岁月,机器人会变得更聪明。
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As artificial人造 intelligence情报 evolves演变, so does his intelligence情报.
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在人工智能 演化的同时,这机器人的智慧也会演化。
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Chris克里斯 Anderson安德森: Thank you so much. That's incredible难以置信.
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克里斯•安 德森:很谢谢你!真的是太了不起了!
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Translated by Wang Qian
Reviewed by dong liu

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Hanson - Robotics designer
David Hanson merges robotics and art to design life-like, social robots that can mimic human expression and emotion.

Why you should listen

David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics -- a company that aims to create robots as socially adept as any human being. Through his organization, he has seen the success of robotic facial hardware that establishes eye contact, recognizes faces and carries out natural spoken conversation. Hanson hopes these robotic faces prove useful to cognitive science and psychology, and to the entertainment industry.

A former Walt Disney Imagineer, this young entrepreneur and roboticist has been labelled a "genius" by both PC Magazine and WIRED, and has earned awards from NASA, NSF and Cooper Hewitt Design. If Hanson succeeds, he will create a socially intelligent robot that may even one day have a place in the human family.

More profile about the speaker
David Hanson | Speaker | TED.com