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It is hard to believe that a toy known as Roachbot which was introduced just earlier this year, functioning as a remote controlled cockroach (much to the chagrin of roach haters everywehre), is already on the receiving end of an “upgrade” of sorts. Japan Trust Technologies, the company realized that they ought to spice things up a bit, and have introduced a souped up version of the original Roachbot – by throwing in support for the iPhone and iPad as well.
令人難以置信的機(jī)械蟑螂玩具于今年上半年問(wèn)世，遙控蟑螂看起來(lái)幾乎隨處可見(jiàn)的臭蟑螂一模一樣。事實(shí)上，這已經(jīng)是經(jīng)過(guò)改良的新型產(chǎn)品。日本JTT公司（Japan Trust Technologies）認(rèn)為，應(yīng)該把產(chǎn)品做得更有趣些，所以發(fā)布了這種高速版的仿真蟑螂機(jī)器人，它支持iPhone和iPad的遠(yuǎn)程協(xié)助。
You can now download and install an exclusive app for your Apple smartphone or tablet device, where it is then attached to an infrared light, letting you use it as a controller via the touchscreen display. There is also a new feature that lets you play the role of throttling – that is, you can adjust the Roachbot’s cruising speed to hit a maximum velocity and make its movement far more realistic than ever before.
現(xiàn)在只要為你的蘋(píng)果手機(jī)或是平板電腦下載安裝一個(gè)專門(mén)的app程序，之后你的“蘋(píng)果”就能變成一個(gè)觸屏控制器，通過(guò)紅外線控制蟑螂。控制者可將蟑螂的速度調(diào)整到最高值，這樣會(huì)讓機(jī)器蟑螂的形象史無(wú)前例地貼近真蟑螂。
A “Trim Correction Slider” also lets you make slight adjustments to the Roachbots course while going straight, doing away with the previous hard left/right turns. Not only that, it makes the entire thing looks so much more realistic. I wonder whether people will start using the Roachbot as an excuse to snag them a free meal at restaurants…
機(jī)械蟑螂根據(jù)預(yù)設(shè)的左右移動(dòng)指令做前進(jìn)后退動(dòng)作。控制程序上還有微修正滑塊，操作者也能對(duì)蟑螂的行進(jìn)路線進(jìn)行細(xì)微的調(diào)整。這樣會(huì)讓機(jī)器蟑螂看起來(lái)更像是真的。我想，也許會(huì)有人用機(jī)械蟑螂到飯店蹭白食的吧。
Prices for the new Roachbot start from $37 after conversion.
經(jīng)過(guò)改良的新型遙控蟑螂售價(jià)37美元。
