德国当局已就可能涉及机器人的性骚扰展开调查。该事件发生在科隆，一台机器人据称触碰了一名16岁女孩的臀部并做出冲刺动作。
German authorities have opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment involving a robot. The incident took place in Cologne, where a robot allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl’s buttocks and made thrusting movements.
科隆，德国 — 德国警方表示，在两名年轻男子操控的一台机器人触碰了一名16岁女孩的臀部并对其做出冲刺动作后，当局已就可能的性骚扰展开调查。
DANIEL NIEMANN COLOGNE, Germany —German authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made thrusting movements toward her, police said.
科隆西部城市的警方表示，周六夜间至周日凌晨发生的事件中，机器人的疑似16岁所有者及其19岁同伴据称拍摄了所谓的袭击行为。他们据称在网上直播了该事件并进行评论。
Police in the western city of Cologne responded after the incident overnight Saturday to Sunday in which the robot’s suspected 16-year-old owner and a 19-year-old companion were said to have filmed the alleged assault. They were said to have streamed the incident and commentated on it online.
科隆警方发言人克里斯托夫·伯梅尔表示，这两名男性青少年目前尚未被起诉，但被视为嫌疑人，调查人员正在检查机器人的动作是预先编程的还是实时控制的。他说，警方此前从未遇到此类事件。
Cologne police spokesman Christoph Bermel said the two male teenagers have not been charged but are considered suspects, and investigators were examining whether the robot’s movements were preprogrammed or controlled in real time. Police were unfamiliar with this type of incident, he said.
“到目前为止，我们尚未了解这种现象，”伯梅尔告诉美联社，称这对他们来说是“全新领域”。警方在一份周一的声明中表示，派往快餐店附近现场的应急团队在一辆汽车的后备箱中发现了该机器人。机器人及两名年轻男子的手机被没收。
“We have not been aware of this phenomenon so far,” Bermel told The Associated Press, saying it was “new territory for us.”Emergency teams that were dispatched to the scene near a fast-food restaurant found the robot in the trunk of a vehicle, Cologne police said in a statement on Monday. The robot and the two young men’s mobile phones were confiscated.
北莱茵-威斯特法伦州科隆警方在其Facebook页面上发布了一张红金相间的机器人躺在地上的图片。
North Rhine Westphalia Police Cologne, on Facebook, posted an image of the red-and-gold robot lying on the ground.
据称该机器人身高120厘米（约3英尺11英寸），穿着白色背心、黑色运动裤，佩戴金色项链和太阳镜，还戴着看起来像是假胡子的装饰。
The robot, said to be 120 cm (about 3 ft 11 inches) tall, was dressed in a white tank top, black sweatpants and wearing a gold chain and sunglasses. It also had what appears to be a fake mustache.
网络上流传的视频显示，两名年轻男子在热闹的夜间街道上押着机器人靠近一群女性，机器人撞到了一人并拥抱了其他人。
Videos circulated on the internet show two young men escorting the robot toward a group of women, bumping into one and hugging others, on a lively nighttime street.
一名男子在机器人做出性暗示手势后反复对其大喊并向后拉扯，引起周围人群的笑声。
One of the men repeatedly shouts at the robot and pulls it backward after it makes sexual gestures, prompting laughter among people in the area.
周二，警方在其Facebook账号上发文批评不当言论，并警告称，分享或开玩笑谈论此类事件可能会加重对任何受害者的影响。
On the police’s Facebook account on Tuesday, officers criticized inappropriate comments and warned that sharing or joking about such incidents can worsen the impact on any victim.