以往十年,没有几项技术进展象工厂采用机器人那样能够对劳动生产率、劳动力市场、工作条件和美国生活产生深远的潜在影响。机器人的数量目前仍然不多,但连续不断的技术进步与日益增长的投资、研究和发展形势可能导致一场“机器人革命”,这一革命将在许多方面对未来的美国经济产生重要的影响。而且它对美国工人的影响会超过其他任何方面的影响。 In the past decade, few technological advances have produced the far-reaching potential impact on labor productivity, labor markets, working conditions and American life as factories have adopted robots. The number of robots is still small, but continuous technological progress and increasing investment, research and development may lead to a “robot revolution,” a revolution that in many ways will have a major impact on the future of the U.S. economy. And its impact on American workers outweighs any other impact.