Pittsburgh-based robotics and engineering startup recently unveiled Moonwalkers, a pair of battery-powered shoes that it claims can boost walk speeds by up to 250%.
一家总部在美国匹兹堡的机器人初创企业近日推出了一款名为“月球漫步者”的电池供电鞋，据称可以将步行速度提高250%之多。
At first glance, Moonwalkers look like a pair of futuristic roller-skates, but there is actually a lot more to them than that.
乍看之下，“月球漫步者”就像一双未来主义风格的旱冰鞋，但实际上鞋里大有乾坤。
You are actually meant to walk with them the way you would regular shoes or sneakers, letting the motorized wheels put a spring in your step.
你穿着它可以像穿普通鞋子或跑鞋一样走路，让电动轮助你脚下生风。
Powered by a state-of-the-art brushless DC motor, this ingenious contraption is actually a platform that can be attached to a wide variety of footwear to significantly increase your walking speed up to a reported 7 mph, 11 kph.
这款设计巧妙的鞋的动力源自最先进的无刷直流电动机，实际上就是一个可以附着于各种鞋类的平台，能够显著提升步行速度，据称可达每小时7英里（11千米）。
For comparison, humans’ average walking speed ranges from 2.5 to 4 mph.
相比之下步行的英文，人类平均步行速度为每小时2.5到4英里（4到6千米）。
The sensation of walking with the world’s fastest shoes has been compared to that of walking on a moving walkway in an airport.
穿着“世界最快鞋”行走的感觉与在机场移动走道上行走的感觉差不多。
Designed by Shift Robotics, an offshoot of Carnegie Mellon University, Moonwalkers consist of a 300 W brushless motor in each 4.2 lb – 1.9 kg shoe that powers eight polyurethane wheels.
“月球漫步者”由美国卡耐基梅隆大学下属的Shift Robotics公司设计，每双重量为1.9千克的鞋中包含一个300瓦的无刷电机，为8个聚氨酯轮子提供动力。
There is also an AI-powered gearbox that increases or decreases speed according to data regarding the wearer’s walk collected by a series of sensors. The shoes are also able to detect downhill movement to prevent accidents.
鞋子当中还有一个人工智能变速箱，可以根据一系列传感器收集的穿着者步行数据来加快或减慢速度。这款鞋还能检测到下坡运动以防止事故。
“Moonwalkers are not skates. They are shoes. The world’s fastest shoes actually,” Xunjie Zang, founder and CEO of Shift Robotics said.
Shift Robotics公司的创始人兼首席执行官臧迅杰称：“月球漫步者不是旱冰鞋，而是健步鞋，实际上它是全世界走路最快的健步鞋。
“You don’t skate in them. You walk. You don’t have to learn how to use them, the shoes learn from you.”
你不是穿着它滑行，而是步行，你无须学习如何使用这种鞋，鞋子会学习你的走路方式。”
Moonwalkers were recently unveiled as part of a Kickstarter campaign that has already reached almost double its crowdfunding goal of 90,000 dollars.
“月球漫步者”近期作为众筹网站Kickstarter的项目推出，目前已经筹到了目标资金9万美元的近两倍。
The first batch is expected to ship in March of 2023, at a retail price of 1,399 dollars.
第一批鞋子预期将在2023年3月发货中创网，零售价为1399美元（约合人民币10189元）。
That’s not cheap, but then again, this isn’t your average pair of shoes, it’s the world’s fastest pair of shoes.
这个价格不便宜步行的英文，不过这可不是一双普通的鞋子，而是全世界最快的鞋子。
