雅思写作素材｜你的乒乓球能够打败机器人么？

原文：

OMRON Corporation (Head Office: Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. President and CEO: Yoshihito Yamada), the global leader in technology designed to solve social issues, returns to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year with the largest, most advancedinteractiveexhibit of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation at the annual event. At CES 2019, OMRON isshowcasingthe harmony between humans and machines with its celebrated AI-equipped robotic table tennis tutor and debuting its Factory Harmony experience in which visitors workcollaborativelywith advanced machines in a vision of the manufacturing environment of the near-future.

"OMRONs founding principle is to improve lives and contribute to a better society. We believe that technology can serve that goal and thats what we are demonstrating here at CES," said Nigel Blakeway, managing executive officer of OMRON Corporation. "At our CES 2019 booth, attendees are interacting directly with OMRON AI, robotics and automation and experiencing the harmony that can be achieved between humans and machines when technology is designed tounleashandaugmenthuman potential.”

OMRONs AI-equipped table tennis tutor, FORPHEUS, is an interactive representation of the companysintegratedtechnologies with OMRON Sensing & Control + Think at the core of the demonstration. FORPHEUS illustrates how intelligent machines can learn from human interaction and help develop and support human potential. Rather than competing, FORPHEUS learns from and tutors each player, adjusting his abilities to promote longer rallies, coaching and encouraging the other participant throughout their match.

At CES 2019, OMRON is presenting the fifth-generation FORPHEUS, upgraded with advanced capabilities to learn from and coach the player, an expanded range of movement, faster ball return skills, enhanced people and ball-sensing prediction and deeper AI-powered personalized coaching.

FORPHEUS now features "elbow" and "wrist" movements to placetopspinandbackspinon the ball. OMRON developers sharpened his vision, which nowboastshigh-speed image processing by a stereo camera. Using his improved perception and data from a players performance, FORPHEUS now compares a players form and skill to that of a professional table tennis player, providing personalized coaching.

"Many CES attendees voice that FORPHEUS is a fun and fascinating example of the harmony between humans and machines. Everyone wants to watch and play him, but only a few are able to receive a tutoring lesson," said Blakeway. "FORPHEUS is an excellent ambassador for the harmonious relationship between humans and machines and a strong demonstration of the dynamic AI and robotics technologies that are evolving the modern workplace."

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欧姆龙集团(OMRON Corporation，总部：京都市下京区；首席执行官：山田义仁)，作为全球旨在用技术解决社会问题的领导者，携规模最大、最先进的人工智能(AI)、机器人和自动化互动展品再次亮相今年的消费电子展(Consumer Electronics Show)。2019年消费电子展(CES 2019)上，欧姆龙通过介绍闻名的人工智能乒乓球机器人教练，演示了人类与机器和谐工作的场景，并首次展示工厂和谐体验，参观者可体验与先进机器和设备一起工作，展望未来制造业的工作环境。

欧姆龙集团管理执行官奈杰尔·布莱克韦说：“欧姆龙的创立宗旨是改善生活，努力建设更美好的社会。我们相信现有技术可以促进这个目标的实现，而这就是我们在CES上要展示的东西。”“2019年国际消费电子展上，参观者可以直接与欧姆龙人工智能、机器人和自动化产品进行互动，看到技术在挖掘和增强人类潜能方面的作用，体验人类和机器和谐共处。”

欧姆龙人工智能乒乓球教练FORPHEUS，可与参与者进行互动，它展示了公司以Sensing & Control＋Think为核心的集成技术。FORPHEUS展示了智能机器如何从与人类的互动中进行学习，它可以帮助开发和释放人类潜能。FORPHEUS并不是与球员进行比赛，而是在互动过程中不断调整自身能力来完成更长回合的乒乓球比赛，为球员提供鼓励和指导，并在互动过程中进行学习。

2019年国际消费电子展上，欧姆龙展示的第五代升级版本FORPHEUS，可以为球员提供指导，并从中进行学习，同时，FORPHEUS还扩大了活动范围，拥有更快的回球技能，对人、乒乓球的预判能力也更强，是一个更深层次的人工智能个性化教练。

新一版的FORPHEUS“肘部”和“手腕”运动极具特色，这样可以接住上旋球和下旋球。欧姆龙研发人员通过为FORPHEUS配备立体声摄像机，让其拥有了高速图像处理能力，进一步提高了它的视力。现在FORPHEUS的感知能力更强，基于从球员行为中获取的数据，它可以将球员的风格、技术与职业乒乓球运动员进行比较，从而为球员提供个性化指导。

“许多参加CES的人都表示，FORPHEUS是人类与机器和谐共处的一个极生动的例子。每个人都想看它打球，并跟它进行互动，但会上只有少数人能得到指导。”布莱克韦说，“FORPHEUS是展示人类和机器和谐共处的优秀大使，也是现代工作场所中动态人工智能和机器人技术不断发展的一个强有力的象征。”

重点词汇：

1.interactive

adj. 交互式的；相互作用的

2.showcase

n. 玻璃柜台，玻璃陈列柜v. 展现，表现

3.collaboratively

adv. 合作地；协作地

4.unleash

v. 发泄；爆发；放开，解除束缚

5.augment

v. 增加；增大n. 增加；增大

6.integrated

adj. 综合的；完整的；互相协调的

7.rally

v. 召集；重新集合；n. 公众集会；汽车拉力赛；

8.topspin

n. 上旋

9.backspin

n. 倒旋，逆转

10.boast

n. 自夸；值得夸耀的事物v. 自吹自擂

1.（1）Rather than competing, （2）FORPHEUS learns from and tutors each player, （2）adjusting his abilities to promote longer rallies, （3）coaching and encouraging the other participant throughout their match.

（1）Rather ...competing：rather than表示“而不是”，放句首时，其后可接不定式或动名词，但接不定式时通常省略to。

（2）FORPHEUS ...player：主句，说明FORPHEUS 为球员提供指导，并在互动过程中进行学习。

（3）adjusting ...rallies：等于which adjusts...，which表示前面提到的FORPHEUS ，which在从句中作主语，可以省略，后面的动词adjust发生形式变化，表主动状态，动词变成-ing形式。

2.（1）Using his improved perception and data from a players performance, （2）FORPHEUS now （3）compares a players form and skill to that of a professional table tennis player, providing personalized coaching.

（1）Using ...performance：这里主语是后面的FORPHEUS ，表主动状态，省略主语后，动词用-ing形式。

（2）FORPHEUS ...player：主句，表示FORPHEUS 将运动员的风格、技术与职业乒乓球运动员进行比较。

（3）compares ...player：compare A to B，表示“将A与B进行比较”，这里that表示前面的form and skill，避免重复。