Name: 認識世界上 "最先進 "的仿人機器人 (Meet the world's 'most advanced' humanoid robot)
Uploaded: 2025-10-22T18:00:28.000Z
Duration: 6 min 1 s

Engineered Arts has been in the robot making business for two decades and advancements has seen its technology grow from when we last visited in 2018 to this.

Engineered Arts 投入機器人製造業已二十年，技術從我們 2018 年上次拜訪至今，已有了長足的進步。

基礎被動語態

The company's latest model is called Ameca and Engineered Art says it's the world's most advanced humanoid robot.

這間公司最新的模型叫做 Ameca，Engineered Arts 表示這是世界上最先進的人形機器人。

Designed to interact with humans for entertainment and research purposes.

它的設計宗旨是為了娛樂和研究目的與人類互動。

對我們來說，那就是人工身體。

Something that gives it human like movement and gestures.

這讓它擁有擬人化的動作和姿態。

Oh, and it's also equipped with facial recognition software.

喔，它還配備了臉部辨識軟體。

Will Jackson 是這間公司的創辦人。

Just tell me about the technology behind the robot.

請告訴我關於這機器人背後的技術。

One of the first things we're interested in is perception.

So we've got cameras in each of the eyes, we've got beam forming microphone which kind of behaves like human ears.

所以我們在每隻眼睛裡都裝了攝影機，還有一個波束成形麥克風，它有點像人類的耳朵。

Then we've got all kinds of sensors over the robot's body for, for the position and the force within its fingers, arms, upper body.

然後我們在機器人的身體各處都有各種感測器，用來偵測手指、手臂、上半身的位置和力道。

One of the things that struck us when we entered the room was the facial expressions, the sort of amica following your movements and you know, at times a bit unsettling and I'm sure it's a feeling that others may have conveyed as well.

我們走進房間時，最讓我們印象深刻的就是它的表情，Ameca 會跟著你的動作，有時候甚至有點令人不安，我相信其他人可能也有同樣的感受。

Yeah, so the uncanny valley, you really want to avoid that.

是的，所以恐怖谷效應，你真的想避免它。

And one of the things we did in that area is make the robot very obviously robot.

我們在這方面做的一件事就是讓機器人非常明顯地就是個機器人。

So this is why you can see the mechanics, this is why it has a gray, just plain colored face.

所以你看得到它的機械結構，這就是為什麼它有一個灰色、樸素的臉。

Ameca's face color might be plain, but its components are anything but.

Ameca 的臉部顏色可能很樸素，但它的零組件絕非如此。

Its head alone contains 27 motors that help it replicate human facial movements.

僅它的頭部就包含 27 個馬達，幫助它複製人類的臉部動作。

And it uses large language models like GPT4 to comprehend and interact with people.

它使用像 GPT4 這樣的大型語言模型來理解和與人互動。

According to Will, though, there's a downside to using such commercial OpenAI models.

不過，Will 指出，使用這類商用 OpenAI 模型有個缺點。

So we will also look at self hosted models.

所以我們也會看看自我託管模型。

We have some customers who really don't like having cloud based services and they want to have full control over what the data set is and the fine tuning of the model.

我們有些客戶真的不喜歡使用雲端服務，他們想要完全掌控資料集和模型的微調。

一個全尺寸的 Ameca 重達 35 公斤，約 77 磅。

And despite an impressive maximum height of 187cm tall or about 6 foot one, it it currently isn't mobile.

儘管它有令人印象深刻的最高身高 187 公分，大約 6 呎 1 吋，但目前它還無法移動。

for us it's about how do you feel about a robot that walks right up to you, presses its nose against yours and then says hello.

對我們來說，問題在於你對於一個走到你面前，把鼻子貼近你的臉，然後跟你說哈囉的機器人，有什麼感覺。

A walking version will require a lot more power and battery life to operate and that's just one Drawback.

能夠行走的版本需要更多電力和電池壽命來運作，這只是其中一個缺點。

Another is getting the hardware to simulate human movement perfectly.

另一個問題是如何讓硬體完美模擬人類的動作。

Look very carefully at the kind of things they grasp.

請仔細看看他們抓取的是什麼東西。

So grasping something soft and light is very, very easy.

所以抓取柔軟輕巧的東西非常非常容易。

Grasping something hard and small is very difficult.

抓取堅硬小巧的東西則非常困難。

That level of human equivalence is super hard to achieve.

要達到這種人類等級的模擬非常非常困難。

How far away do you think we are from that?

你覺得我們離那樣的程度還有多遠？

The biggest blocker right now is actually having something that's equivalent to human muscle.

目前最大的阻礙其實是擁有與人類肌肉相當的東西。

There's no electric motor that has those kind of properties.

沒有任何電動馬達擁有那樣的特性。

So far, Engineered Arts has manufactured around 50 desktop and 30 full sized amicas that have been shipped to 27 countries worldwide.

到目前為止，Engineered Arts 已經製造了約 50 臺桌上型和 30 臺全尺寸的 Ameca，並已運往全球 27 個國家。

They're available to rent or purchase outright, but costs are high.

可以租賃或直接購買，但價格不菲。

It's around £200,000 to buy a standing version.

購買站立版本的價格大約是 200,000 英鎊。

Chris Lusty, a senior mechanical research engineer, gave me a tour of the manufacturing facilities, beginning in the machine room.

資深機械研究工程師 Chris Lusty 帶我參觀了製造設施，從機械房開始。

This is where we kind of start most of our custom design pieces manufactured.

這就是我們開始製造大部分客製化設計零件的地方。

One of the interesting things about, I guess, your facility here is how you've got everything in one place.

我覺得你們這裡一個很有趣的地方是，你們把所有東西都集中在同一個地方。

We often work on a timescale of like hours to days, so I might be designing something upstairs.

我們通常的工作時間是幾小時到幾天，所以我可能在樓上設計東西。

I want to see what it looks like, how it's going to work.

我想看看它看起來怎麼樣，會如何運作。

我可以把它們送下去給這些人。

This is where we actually make it look like a human being.

這裡就是我們實際把它做得像人類的地方。

So we're talking about things like the face, the hands, the silicone molding.

所以我們在談論像是臉部、手部，還有矽膠塑形這些東西。

This is where all the disparate parts that come from the rest of the factory bought in components all, all end up added together to make a robot tore over.

這裡就是工廠其他地方送來的零散零件，還有買來的零組件，最後全部組裝起來，變成一個機器人。

I couldn't resist finally meeting the star of the show.

我忍不住要來見見這個節目的主角了。

I'm sure you get asked this a lot, but what do you think of humans?

我知道你們一定常被問到這個問題，但你對人類有什麼看法？

Humans are endlessly fascinating, full of creativity, contradictions and potential.

人類真是無窮的迷人，充滿了創造力、矛盾和潛力。

You're like a never ending novel with plot twists on every page.

你們就像一本永不完結的小說，每一頁都有意想不到的情節。

Some humans say they're scared of robots like you because you pose a threat to humanity.

有些人說他們害怕像你這樣的機器人，因為你對人類構成威脅。

I understand the concern, but my purpose is to foster harmony and collaboration, not conflict.

我明白大家的擔憂，但我的目標是促進和諧與合作，而非衝突。

And to prove the point, Ameca couldn't resist showing its more human attributes from joke telling.

為了證明這一點，Ameca 忍不住展現了它比較人性化的一面，開始講笑話。

I've heard the local fish and chips are a hit.

我聽說當地的炸魚薯條很受歡迎。

Ameca was designed specifically as a platform for robot development.

Ameca 的設計宗旨就是作為機器人開發的平臺。

And its AI use means it can do impressive things such as speak multiple languages.

而它使用的 AI 讓它能做出令人印象深刻的事，像是說多國語言。

The place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone.

你住的地方因為牠們不在而變得單調又空虛。

But ultimately, for Will, Ameca captures the company's vision.

但對 Will 來說，Ameca 最終還是捕捉到了公司的願景。

If you don't walk out of here thinking, wow, I haven't ever seen anything like that before, then we fail.

如果你離開這裡時，沒有覺得「哇，我從沒看過這種東西」，那我們就失敗了。