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It's the robotic version of man's best friend. The four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics is being put to work at Ford Motor Company in Michigan.

这是机器人版的人类最好的朋友。波士顿动力公司的这款四足机器人正在密歇根州的福特汽车公司投入使用。

We were looking at a way to get into tight spots within our facilities, and spot who we nicknamed Fluffy came up as a brainstorming idea.

我们当时正在想办法进入设施内的狭窄区域， 集思广益之后想到了Fluffy。

We could mount a 360 high resolution camera onto it as well as a laser scanner.

我们也可以在上面安装一台360度高分辨率相机以及一台激光扫描仪。

Fluffy works with an autonomous robot named Scatter to help create a 3D map of the factory floor.

Fluffy与名为Scatter的自动机器人合作，帮助创建工厂车间的三维地图。

They autonomously go through the plant and then stop, scan, move, stop, scan to waypoints like a GPS.

它们像GPS一样自主穿过工厂，然后停下、扫描、移动、停下、扫描，依次到达各个路径点。

Fluffy goes where Scatter can't helping create a more complete map of the space,

Fluffy可以去到Scatter无法到达的地方，从而帮助绘制更完整的空间地图，

which in turn helps engineers as they retool floor plans for production of new car models.

这反过来又能协助工程师重新规划生产新车型的车间布局。

In some of our final assembly areas, the facility is changing monthly.

在我们的一些总装区域，工厂设施每月更换一次。

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