大阪——松下控股计划开发人形机器人，公司首席AI官坂木昭告诉《日经新闻》。这家日本科技集团目标在2029年开始制造这些机器。公司最初设想将这些机器人用于工厂生产线和仓库。
OSAKA -- Panasonic Holdings plans to develop humanoid robots, Akira Sakakibara, the company's chief AI officer, told Nikkei in a recent interview. The Japanese tech group aims to begin making the machines by 2029.
坂木表示，在具体成果方面"目前没有可披露的内容"，但补充说松下已开始研发驱动机器人所需的AI模型和其他技术。
The company initially envisions marketing the robots for use on factory production lines and in warehouses. Sakakibara said there is "nothing we can disclose yet" in terms of concrete achievements, but added Panasonic has begun research and development on AI models and other technologies needed to power the robots.
这项工作将由松下新成立的AI与机器人研发部门牵头，该部门于周四成立。
The effort will be led by Panasonic's new AI and robotics R&D division, which was set up on Thursday.
松下在中国及其他地区的竞争对手在人形机器人开发方面处于领先地位，但坂木表达了信心，认为松下能开发出更安全的人形机器人。机器人内置电池引发火灾的风险被视为其广泛普及的障碍。
Panasonic's competitors in China and elsewhere are ahead in the development of humanoid robots, but Sakakibara expressed confidence that Panasonic can develop safer humanoids. The risk of fires sparked by batteries built into robots has been flagged as an obstacle to their widespread adoption.
他指出其子公司松下能源生产的电池安全记录，称其电池迄今未涉及任何严重火灾事故。
He pointed to the safety record of batteries made by its subsidiary Panasonic Energy, saying its batteries have not been involved in any serious fire incidents up to now.