This suggests that the rats perceived the social robot as a genuine social being.

这表明，老鼠认为社交机器鼠是一个真正的社会存在。

Several different companies will have social robots available for consumers this year.

几家不同的公司今年将为消费者提供社会型机器人。

The readiness of the rats to befriend the social robot was surprising given its minimal design.

考虑到社交机器鼠的最小化设计，老鼠愿意与它做朋友是令人惊讶的。

The makers of buddies say 2018 is the year that people will adopt a social robot in their home.

朋友们说，2018是人们闭门使用社交机器人的一年。

They may have bonded more with the social robot because it displayed behaviors like communal exploring and playing.

它们可能与社交机器鼠建立了更多的联系，因为它表现出了公共探索和游戏等行为。

" Social robots like me can help take care of the sick or elderly in many kinds of healthcare and medical uses" .

" 像我这样的社交机器人可以在多种医疗保健和医疗用途中照顾病人或老人。"

Across 18 trials each, the living rats were 52 percent more likely on average to set the social robot free than the asocial one.

在18次实验的每一次中，生活中的老鼠解救社交机器鼠的可能性比解救非社交机器鼠的平均高52%。

We can also take that into the home or the office. Last fall, (Affectiva) announced a partnership with SoftBank Robotics to make social robots.

我们也可以把它带回家或带到办公室。去年秋天，（Affectiva）宣布和软银机器人合作生产社交机器人。

And we also have another robot that is a social robot to visit certain residents that may be less able to get up and walk around.

我们还有另一个机器人， 它是一个社交机器人， 可以拜访某些可能不太能够起身和四处走动的居民。

During the experiment, the social robot rat followed the living rats around, played with the same toys, and opened cage doors to let trapped rats escape.

实验过程中， 社交机器鼠跟随活体老鼠四处走动，玩同样的玩具， 并打开笼门让被困的老鼠逃脱。

The return of Aibo, first introduced nearly 20 years ago by Sony, brings increasing awareness of the role social robots can play in childhood learning or as companions for the aged.

近 20 年前索尼首次推出的 Aibo 的回归，让人们越来越意识到社交机器人可以在儿童学习中发挥作用或作为老年人的伴侣。

As social robots become a bigger part of everyday life for things like elder care and therapeutics, it's important to understand even the unintended effects that robots might have on how humans act and think.

随着社交机器人在老年人护理和治疗等日常生活中变得越来越重要，了解机器人可能对人类的行为和思维方式产生的意想不到的影响也很重要。

" Let's explore the possibilities of the universe and make this world our playground." Ameca, a humanoid robot by Engineered Arts, speaks during the world's first press conference with a panel of AI-enabled humanoid social robots.

“让我们探索宇宙的可能性，让这个世界成为我们的游乐场。” Engineering Arts 的人形机器人 Ameca 在全球首次新闻发布会上与人工智能人形社交机器人小组一起发表讲话。