There are also cobots to help the nursing-home staff move their patients.

还有一些协作机器人可以帮助疗养院的工作人员移动他们的病人。

And a " cobot" is a term that's developed for robots that work alongside humans.

“协作机器人” 是为与人类一起工作的机器人开发的术语。

And then a cobot is defined as necessarily working alongside humans, is that right?

DUBNER：然后协作机器人被定义为必须与人类一起工作，对吗？

So, unlike the typical robot, a cobot is designed to compliment human labor rather than replace it.

因此，与典型的机器人不同， 协作机器人旨在补充而不是取代人类劳动。

In Japanese nursing homes, there are a variety of cobots designed to accomplish a variety of tasks.

在日本的疗养院中， 有各种各样的协作机器人可以完成各种任务。

Luckily for them, different prefectures across Japan subsidize cobots at different rates, some as high as 50 percent.

对他们来说幸运的是， 日本不同的都道府县以不同的比例补贴协作机器人，有些甚至高达 50%。

You could see cobots helping mightily not just in hospitals and nursing homes, but in at-home care as well.

你可以看到协作机器人不仅在医院和疗养院，而且在家庭护理方面都发挥着巨大的作用。

In other words, every piece of technology, in a way, could become a cobot if we humans are skilled enough to collaborate with them.

DUBNER：换句话说，如果我们人类有足够的技能与它们合作， 那么在某种程度上， 每一项技术都可以成为协作机器人。

If the assets of society, as Autor puts it, are so bountiful at some point in the future, shouldn't there be a way to share in those assets while our robot and cobot friends do most of the work?

如果像 Autor 所说的那样，社会的资产在未来的某个时候如此丰富，难道不应该有一种方法来分享这些资产， 而我们的机器人和协作机器人朋友会做大部分工作吗？