法兰克福 - 德国警方正在调查一名16岁和一名19岁的嫌疑人，他们涉嫌使用机器人对一名少女进行性侵犯，并在社交媒体上进行直播，官员于10月12日表示。
FRANKFURT - German police are investigating a 16-year-old and 19-year-old for allegedly using a robot to sexually assault a teenage girl, and live-streaming the act on social media, officials said on Oct 12.
警方称，受害者年龄为16岁，10月10日晚在西部城市科隆与两名朋友在一起时，一台1.2米高的机器人靠近了她。
The victim, aged 16, was with two friends in the western city of Cologne late on Oct 10 when the 1.2m robot approached her, police said.
该设备呈红色和金色，据称触碰了该少女的臀部并做出了冲刺动作。
The device, coloured red and gold, is then alleged to have touched the girl on the buttocks and performed thrusting motions, they said.
科隆警方在一份声明中称，这名16岁的男性嫌疑人（据称是机器人的所有者）和这名19岁的男性嫌疑人“据称拍摄了所谓的性侵行为，在社交媒体上进行了直播，并对此进行了评论”。
The 16-year-old male, allegedly the owner, and the 19-year-old man are “said to have filmed the alleged assault, streamed it live on social media, and commented on it,” said a Cologne police statement.
一段在TikTok平台上流传的视频显示，一台红色和金色的人形机器人伴随两名男性靠近一名少女，该少女尖叫并试图躲开。
A video circulating on platform TikTok shows a red and gold humanoid robot, accompanied by two males, pressing up against a teenage girl, who screams and moves away.
警方接到报警后，在一辆汽车的后备箱中发现了该机器人，嫌疑人所有者被怀疑将其藏匿于此。
Police were alerted and found the robot in a car boot, where the owner is suspected of having hidden it.
当局已查获该机器人以及嫌疑人所属的两部手机，嫌疑人目前正接受调查。
The authorities seized the robot and two phones belonging to the suspects, who are now under investigation.