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在舊金山，看到機器人送餐已經不稀奇了，但這次大家看到的畫面，還是讓人忍不住多看兩眼：一隻四隻腳的機器狗，用牽繩帶著一隻真的小狗在路上散步。
EN In San Francisco, robots delivering food are no longer unusual, but this time people still could not help looking twice. A four-legged robot dog was walking a real small dog down the street on a leash.
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圖片來源：KTLA 5／YouTube
根據《Yahoo 科技》整理的報導，這段影片大約在 11 月 8 日被分享到社群網路，拍攝地點在舊金山的教會灣（Mission Bay）一帶。洛杉磯電視台 KTLA、灣區的 ABC7 和《今日美國》（USA Today）都報導了這段畫面。
EN According to a report put together by Yahoo Tech, the video was shared on social media around November 8, and it was filmed near the Mission Bay area of San Francisco. Los Angeles TV station KTLA, ABC7 in the Bay Area, and USA Today all reported on the video.
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主人跟在後面，小狗看起來很淡定
影片中，機器狗走在前面帶路，牽繩的另一端是一隻小型犬，旁邊還有一個人一直跟著。KTLA 報導形容，機器狗走在前方，主人則緊跟在後。所以嚴格來說，這不算是「機器人完全取代人類遛狗」，比較像是人、真狗和機器狗一起出門散步。
EN In the video, the robot dog walks in front and leads the way. At the other end of the leash is a small dog, and a person keeps following nearby. KTLA described the robot dog walking ahead while its owner followed closely behind. So, strictly speaking, this was not a robot fully taking over dog walking from a human. It was more like a person, a real dog and a robot dog going for a walk together.
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最有趣的是那隻小狗的反應。《Yahoo 科技》的文章提到，小狗跟著機器狗一起走，看起來一點也不緊張。文章開玩笑說，這要嘛代表機器人的設計已經進步很多，要嘛就是小狗根本不在意身邊發生什麼事，或者兩者都有。不過不管怎麼說，這個畫面看起來就像科幻電影裡的一幕。
EN The funniest part was the small dog’s reaction. Yahoo Tech’s article said the little dog walked along with the robot dog and did not look nervous at all. The article joked that this means either robot design has improved a lot, or the dog simply does not care what is happening around it, or maybe both. Either way, the scene looked like something from a science fiction movie.
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KTLA 5 的新聞影片，可以看到機器狗遛狗的畫面：
EN KTLA 5’s news video shows the robot dog walking the dog.
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影片來源：KTLA 5／YouTube
※ 若影片沒有中文字幕，可點播放器右下角的齒輪 → 字幕 → 自動翻譯 → 中文（繁體）。
廠牌、操控方式都還是謎
雖然影片是真的，但很多問題目前都沒有答案。報導指出，這台機器狗是哪家公司做的、什麼型號、主人是誰，都還沒有被確認；它到底是自己導航，還是有人在附近遠端遙控，也不清楚，更不知道這是私人實驗，還是某種商業服務的測試。
EN Even though the video is real, many questions still have no answers. Reports said it has not been confirmed which company made the robot dog, what model it is, or who owns it. It is also unclear whether it was finding its own way or being controlled by someone nearby, and nobody knows if this was a private experiment or a test of some business service.
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一位目擊者對影音平台 Storyful 說，舊金山離矽谷很近，這種畫面以後可能會越來越常見。的確，舊金山一直是很多機器人公司和新創團隊「在大街上做實驗」的地方，先前也有新創公司徵人帶機器狗上街散步。以前是人遛機器狗，現在換機器狗遛真狗，未來的狗狗散步，可能真的會變得很不一樣。如果有一天機器狗真的能安全地幫忙遛狗，對工作很忙或行動不方便的飼主來說，也許會是一種幫助。
EN One witness told the video platform Storyful that San Francisco is close to Silicon Valley, so scenes like this may become more common. In fact, San Francisco has long been a place where many robot companies and startups test their ideas on the streets, and one startup once even hired people to walk robot dogs around town. In the past, people walked robot dogs; now a robot dog is walking a real dog. Dog walks in the future may truly look very different. If robot dogs can one day help walk dogs safely, it might help owners who are busy with work or who have trouble getting around.
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精選單字
leash /liːʃ/ 牽繩
four-legged /ˌfɔːrˈleɡɪd/ 四隻腳的
witness /ˈwɪtnəs/ 目擊者
nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/ 緊張的
confirm /kənˈfɜːrm/ 確認
remote control /rɪˌmoʊt kənˈtroʊl/ 遠端遙控
startup /ˈstɑːrtʌp/ 新創公司
experiment /ɪkˈsperəmənt/ 實驗
資料來源：Yahoo Tech、KTLA、ABC7 News Bay Area／YouTube、KTLA 5／YouTube
