ROBOT-MAKERS and the animators who design characters for films and video games face a paradox.

机器人设计师和电影与视频游戏人物动画设计者，面临一个悖论问题。

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To begin teaching the robot, the researchers stuck Einstein in front of a mirror and instructed the robot to “body babble” by contorting its face into random positions.

首先，研究人员把爱因斯坦机器人放置在一面镜子前，并通过扭曲它的面部至随机表情来指示其“身体姿势任意”。

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Recently a robot was able to teach itself human facial expressions by randomly contorting its face and receiving feedback on what resembled real expressions.

最近，一个机器人已经能够通过随机扭曲其脸部、并接收有关哪些表达了真正的表情的反馈，如此自学人类的面部表情。

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She painted a cute robot face on the bag, stuck a flag on top displaying its desired destination and relied on people to aim the robot in the right direction.

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