机器人引领牛群前往更绿的田野
📖 逐句对照翻译
Researchers in Australia are using a robot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the way farmers raise cattle.
澳大利亚的研究人员正在使用一款由人工智能驱动的机器人，来改进农民养牛的方式。
The robot has four wheels and is painted red.
这个机器人有四个轮子，被涂成了红色。
Researchers have named the robot cow SwagBot.
研究人员将这款机器人牛命名为SwagBot。
It can drive by itself and move cows from one field to another based on the condition of the soil and plant life.
它可以自行驾驶，并根据土壤和植物生长状况将奶牛从一块田地转移到另一块田地。
Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia said SwagBot is becoming the world’s first “smart cow.”
澳大利亚悉尼大学的研究人员表示，SwagBot正在成为世界上第一头“智能牛”。
They believe it can make cattle farming more efficient and put less pressure on the environment.
他们认为这可以使养牛更高效，并减轻对环境的压力。
Swagbot was first launched in 2016.
Swagbot最初于2016年推出。
At that time, it could only move around fields where cattle graze.
那时，它只能在牛群吃草的田野周围移动。
Over time, scientists have added sensors and AI systems to the robot.
随着时间的推移，科学家们为机器人增添了传感器和人工智能系统。
These systems help SwagBot judge the health, type, and thickness of grasses and plants in fields and to observe the health of the cattle.
这些系统帮助SwagBot判断田间草和植物的健康状况、类型及密度，并观察牛群的健康状况。
The robot uses this information to move cattle to the best areas for grazing.
机器人利用这些信息将牛群赶到最适合放牧的区域。
The goal is to move cattle to a new grazing area before they have damaged the grass in a particular field.
目标是在牛群破坏某块田地的草之前，将它们转移到新的放牧区。
This can prevent damage to the soil.
这可以防止土壤受损。
The robot can also send the information back to farmers.
机器人还能把信息发回给农民。
Salah Sukkarieh is a professor of robotics and intelligent systems at the University of Sydney.
萨拉赫·苏卡里耶是悉尼大学机器人与智能系统专业的教授。
His team made SwagBot.
他的团队制造了SwagBot。
He said that once cattle feel at ease near the robot, they follow it around.
他说，一旦牛在机器人附近感到自在，就会跟着它到处走。
"You want to move the animals to the right part of the pasture where there is good protein, good carbs," he said.
他说：“你想把动物赶到牧场右边，那里有优质的蛋白质和碳水化合物。”
Sukkarieh added that it is important to move the cattle easily and without fences.
苏卡里耶补充说，重要的是让牛群能够轻松移动，而不需要围栏。
Australia is one of the world's biggest exporters of beef.
澳大利亚是世界上最大的牛肉出口国之一。
It has around 30 million cattle spread across large areas that are often dry.
它拥有约3000万头牛，散布在经常干旱的广阔地区。
As a result, some pastures are of low quality and do not have a lot of grass.
因此，一些牧场质量低下，草量不多。
Farmers carefully assess how many animals their land can support.
农民会仔细评估他们的土地能养活多少动物。
However, many farmers have little control over where the animals graze within large areas of land.
然而，在许多大片土地上，农民对于动物在哪里放牧几乎无法控制。
Overgrazing can lead to poor soil that supports less plant and animal life.
过度放牧会导致土壤贫瘠，从而能供养的动植物减少。
Erin O'Neill is a part-time farmer who watched a recent demonstration of the robot in a field north of Sydney.
艾琳·奥尼尔是一位兼职农民，她最近在悉尼北部的一片田地里观看了一场机器人的演示。
She said the robot can help farmers get detailed information about the current condition of their fields.
她说，机器人可以帮助农民获得有关田地现状的详细信息。
She said the robot can tell farmers “what bits of pasture are most nutritious, particularly if you've got cattle like we do that are pregnant.”
她说，机器人可以告诉农民“哪些地方的牧草最有营养，尤其是如果你像我们一样养了怀孕的牛的话”。
O’Neill added that pregnant cattle need high-quality pastures to aid them through pregnancy.
奥尼尔还补充说，怀孕的牛需要高质量的牧场来帮助它们度过孕期。
SwagBot is still in development.
SwagBot仍在开发中。
It is part of a growing movement in agriculture towards robotics.
这是农业领域日益兴起的机器人化趋势的一部分。
Farming experts hope robots can make production more efficient.
农业专家希望机器人能够提高生产效率。
Robots could also reduce the need for workers in places, like Australia, where finding workers in areas with a low population can be difficult.
机器人还可以减少对工人的需求，比如在澳大利亚这样的人口稀少地区，寻找工人本就困难。
I’m Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
Cordelia Hsu wrote this story for Reuters news agency.
Cordelia Hsu为路透社撰写了这篇报道。
Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English.
安德鲁·史密斯为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
