日本的机器人科研人员正在试图将动物的灵性与最新的机器人技术相结合,创造出一种惹人喜爱,听话,还能帮人干活的小型机器人——宠物机器人。最近,日本通产省下属的机械工程实验室与欧姆龙立石电子公司协作,已拟定出一项宠物机器人开发计划。首先要开发的是一种称为Tama(球)的小猫。这种机器猫能张开爪子,眯着眼睛看,当人叫它时会回过头来。在这之前,索尼公司已于1999年6月推出一种名为AIBO的机器狗。第一批 Japanese robotics researchers are trying to combine the animal’s spirituality with the latest robotics to create a pet robot that’s appealing, obedient, and helpful. Recently, Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry under the mechanical engineering laboratories and Omron Tashi electronics company collaboration, has developed a pet robot development plan. The first thing to develop is a kitten called Tama. The cat can open its paws, squint and look back when people call it. Prior to this, Sony Corporation launched a robotic dog called AIBO in June 1999. The first batch