快遞專用的“包裹機(jī)”

如果有一天，你看到一架無人飛機(jī)掛著一個(gè)包裹出現(xiàn)在你家門口，不要驚訝——因?yàn)樗赡苁强爝f專用的“包裹機(jī)”。

Parcelcopter is an unmanned aircraft used to deliver goods.

“包裹機(jī)”指專門用來投遞物品的無人機(jī)。

For the first decade of this century, drones were associated primarily with military activity, but there has recently been an explosion of consumer applications. In addition to a surge of dronies (selfies taken by means of a drone-mounted camera), 2014 has seen several attempts to utilize drones as a means of delivering packages, with Amazon and Google each announcing experimental programmes, and DHL launching a delivery service utilizing a quadcopter drone it calls the “parcelcopter”.

本世紀(jì)的最初十年，無人機(jī)主要都是用作軍事活動(dòng)的，但近年來，它在消費(fèi)方面的應(yīng)用呈爆炸式增長。除了無人機(jī)自拍（用安裝在無人機(jī)上的攝像頭拍下的自拍照）大增，2014年也有公司嘗試?yán)脽o人機(jī)送快遞包裹，亞馬遜和谷歌都宣布了試驗(yàn)項(xiàng)目，DHL也推出了利用四旋翼無人機(jī)送快遞的服務(wù)，該公司將這種無人機(jī)稱為“包裹機(jī)”。

（中國日?qǐng)?bào)英語點(diǎn)津 祝興媛）