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Here’s Huggable—Teddy Ruxpin for the new millennium. It’s a talking blue teddy bot designed to care for and comfort hospitalized children. 这就是抱抱熊（Huggable）——新千年的泰迪熊华斯比。它是一个会说话的蓝色机器人，为了关心和安慰住院的孩子们而设计。 The New York Times reported today it’s currently being used in a study that gathers kids’ physiological responses to various stress-alleviating stimuli to determine whether Huggable offers ill children therapeutic benefits or not. Eventually, that data will be integrated in the robo-bear to make it automated and able to respond to kids’ various needs. 据《纽约时报》报道，在某研究中该泰迪熊被用于收集孩子们应对各种压力缓解刺激的生理反应，以此来决定抱抱熊是否对病中儿童的治疗有好处。最终，这些数据将被整合到机器熊里，使它能够自动回复孩子们的各种需求。 Right now, the bear is more of a “high-tech puppet,” the Times writes. An adult down the hall controls the bear, serving as its voice, shooting the breeze with the young patient. The robot’s a collaboration between MIT’s Media Lab and Boston Children’s Hospital, which has invested half a million bucks to research social robots. 现在，这只熊远远不止是一个“高科技玩偶”那么简单。一个成人可以在走廊操控这只熊，通过它来发声和小病人们闲聊。这个机器人是麻省理工大学媒体实验室和波士顿儿童医院合作研发，投资50万美元的研究型社交机器人。 | 
