(NewsNation) — 在休斯顿的NASA约翰逊航天中心，由16名成员组成的灵巧机器人团队正在研发新型机器，以便加入未来登月任务的机组人员。然而，这些机器人不仅仅是为重复性任务而设计。它们的目标是在月球上充当机组人员的实操支持团队。
(NewsNation) — At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the 16-member Dexterous Robotics Team, is working on new machines to join crews on future lunar missions. These robots, however, are not just built for repetitive tasks. Their objective is to act as a hands-on support team for the crew while on the moon.
“这真正关乎人为因素——无论是在为人类设计的环境中工作，还是与人类并肩作业。这就是我们的定位，”灵巧机器人团队负责人肖恩·阿齐米表示。“我们拥有独特优势，能够引入设计人类生存环境的专家。”
“It’s really about the human elements — either working in environments designed for humans or working alongside humans. That’s our niche,” said Shaun Azimi, Dexterous Robotics Team lead. “We’re uniquely positioned to bring in folks who are designing the human environments.”
该团队过往的工作包括类人机器人，如在国际空间站工作了七年的“机器人宇航员2号”，以及NASA首个双足类人机器人“瓦尔基里”。这些项目让团队积累了电子学、力学、移动性和灵巧操作方面的经验。
The team’s past work includes humanoids such as Robonaut 2, which spent seven years working on the International Space Station, and Valkyrie, NASA’s first bipedal humanoid. These projects gave the team experience with electronics, mechanics, mobility and dexterity.
新型类人机器人的应用也延伸至未来的火星任务。在载人火星任务之前，灵巧机器人团队将与其他机构合作，让公众就载人探索的技术构想发表意见。
Applications for the new humanoids also extend to future missions to Mars. Ahead of a crewed mission to the Red Planet, the Dexterous Robotics Team is set to work with other agencies in giving the public a voice on technology ideas for crewed exploration.
NASA表示，这些类人机器人将在任务中作为助手与人类机组人员并肩工作，旨在“提升机组人员的表现和生产力，同时降低风险并拓展太空探索能力”，并“专注于能够完成人类双手任务的机器人”。
The humanoids will work alongside the human crew as assistants on missions to “enhance a crew’s performance and productivity while reducing risk and expanding the capabilities for space exploration” NASA said, with “a focus on robots that can complete tasks humans do with their hands.”
阿齐米继续说道：“我们团队并非试图用机器人取代人类探索者，而是通过开发高能力、高可靠性和值得信赖的机器人在极端环境中工作，使人类探索更安全、更可持续。”
“Our team is not trying to replace human explorers with robots but instead make human exploration safer and more sustainable by developing highly capable, reliable, and trustworthy robots to work in extreme environments,” Azimi continued.
他补充道：“如果我们能发射更强大的机器人，就能降低风险，让人类更有效地做人类最擅长的事情。”
He added, “If we can send more capable robots, we can reduce the risk and make people more effective in doing the things that people do best.”