超市机器人因失职被解雇店员依依惜别_BEC初级作文

超市机器人因失职被解雇店员依依惜别

Fears that robots could take the jobs of humans may be premature after Britain’s first cyborg shop assistant was sacked after a week of confusing customers.

担心机器人会抢走人类饭碗也许为时过早。英国首个机器人店员日前被解雇了，因为在这之前的一周内，它把顾客们搞得晕头转向。

In an experiment run by Heriot-Watt University for the BBC’s Six Robots & US, Scottish supermarket chain Margiotta was asked to trial ‘ShopBot’, who they affectionately named ‘Fabio’.

在赫瑞瓦特大学为BBC的《六个机器人和美国》节目开展的一项实验中，科学家请求苏格兰连锁超市Margiotta试用“机器人店员”，这个机器人还有一个亲切的名字叫法比奥。

Fabio was programmed with directions to hundreds of items in the company’s flagship Edinburgh store and initially charmed customers with his ‘hello gorgeous’ greeting, playful high fives, jokes and offers of hugs.

法比奥的程序指令就是为该公司的爱丁堡旗舰店的数百件商品指明方向，并用“你好，美人”这样的招呼、调皮的举手击掌、开玩笑和拥抱来给顾客留下美好的第一印象

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“We thought a robot was a great addition to show the customers that we are always wanting to do something new and exciting,” said Elena Margiotta, who runs the chain of shops with father Franco and sister Luisa.