In fact, artificial evolution, algorithms operating inside a computer, have been used to design everything from tables to turbine blades.

事实上，人工进化，即在计算机内运行的算法，已被用于设计从桌子到涡轮叶片的一切事物。

Back in 2006, NASA even sent a satellite into space with a communication antenna that had been designed by artificial evolution.

早在 2006 年，美国宇航局甚至将一颗卫星送入太空，其通信天线是通过人工进化设计的。

This idea of artificial evolution imitating biological evolution using a computer program to breed better and better solutions to problems over time isn't actually new.

这种人工进化模仿生物进化的想法，使用计算机程序随着时间的推移培育出越来越好的问题解决方案实际上并不新鲜。

Just as we breed plants for qualities such as drought resistance or taste, the human robot breeder could guide artificial evolution to producing robots with specific qualities.

正如我们为了抗旱或味道等品质培育植物一样，人类机器人育种者可以引导人工进化来生产具有特定品质的机器人。

It's quite likely that this new generation of robots won't look anything like the robots that we see around us today, but that's exactly why artificial evolution might help.

新一代机器人很可能看起来与我们今天看到的机器人完全不同，但这正是人工进化可能有所帮助的原因。