最性感机器人：会跳钢管舞
Forget booth babes: Tech firm uses pole dancing ROBOTS to attract people
Technology shows such as the annual E3 games conference in Los Angeles have become known for their scantily clad 'booth babes' designed to attract people to stands.
在洛杉矶,一年一度的E3游戏展以穿着暴露的展品模特儿闻名.
However, a Dutch firm has taken a slightly different approach for its London event.
然而,荷兰的一家公司为他们在伦敦举办的展览做了点小小的改变.
TransIP hired a pair of pole dancing robots for an event in Shoreditch. TransIP
公司聘请了一对跳钢管舞的机器人在肖尔迪奇区做产品模特儿.
The dancers, which cost around £2,500 to hire, were made out of old car parts and were designed by British artist Giles Walker, with their moves controlled by a computer.
这对电脑操控的机器人的成本大约是2500英镑,由英国艺术家贾尔斯·沃克（Giles Walker）设计,是由旧汽车的零部件制作而成的.
The robots were originally created in 2012 by Walker for a show called 'Peepshow'.
在2012年,沃克原本是为"西洋镜"展览创作的这对机器人.
'We are now all living in a peepshow. Continually being watched by mechanical peeping toms on every street corner,' he said.
"我们现在都生活在西洋镜里,时不时地被街角的偷窥狂偷窥,"他说.
'With this in mind, I wondered if it was possible to literally make a CCTV camera sexy using simple mechanics...and by using the imagery of a pole dancer question the roles played in voyeurism.
"带着这种想法,我想知道就用这些简单的金属和想象中的一些钢管舞者的形象,是否有可能创造出一个性感的机器人."
'Could this pile of old windscreen wipers and odd pieces of metal become something sexual.... '
"这些破旧的雨刷器和奇怪的金属块能变成一些很性感的东西吗......"
