Robot comes to pick up rubbish

機器人上門取垃圾(圖)

Researchers have developed an intelligent "bin on wheels" robot that can stop outside your door and pick up your rubbish when you call, the Daily Mail of London reported. The human-sized robot, called DustCart, is mounted with cameras and other sensors so it can "see" where it is going. It scans the path ahead to avoid stationary objects. It also picks out moving objects like pedestrians or bikes to avoid a collision.

據英國《每日郵報》報道，科學家日前研制出一種可以挺著"大肚"獨自上門回收垃圾的機器人。居民只需要打個電話就可以享受便捷的上門服務，將垃圾放進機器人的"肚子"里即可。這種跟人一般大小的機器人叫"垃圾車"，身上裝配的攝像頭和傳感器讓它有了"看路"的能力，不僅可以判斷前方有無靜止物體擋路，還能知道周圍是否有行人和自行車等移動物體，從而調整路線避免發生碰撞。

*以上新聞由 ChinaDaily雙語手機報提供