世界科学:请您先展望一下,未来服务机器人的应用前景。陈卫东:服务机器人是继工业应用之后机器人技术的又一个发展机遇,有望进入到生活的方方面面,全面提高人类的生活质量。就目前而言,比较有希望实现并推广的有这样几种用途。首先是老年扶助机器人。现在我国面临着很严峻的老龄化趋势,全国60岁以上的老年人口已经超过两亿,比例是14.9%;上海更严重,达到了 World Science: Please look ahead, the future prospects of the service robot. Chen Weidong: Service Robot is another development opportunity for robotics after industrial application, and it is expected to enter every aspect of life and improve the overall quality of human life. For now, there are several uses that are more promising to implement and promote. The first is the elderly help robot. At present, our country is facing a very serious trend of aging. The number of elderly people over the age of 60 in the country has exceeded 200 million, accounting for 14.9% of the total. Shanghai is even more severe and has reached