Although adding wireless functions to these sensors almost doubles that cost, it reduces the price of installation by 50-90%-and installation makes up most of the total cost.

尽管给这些传感器增加无线功能使得价钱几乎翻了一番，但这却使安装的费用减少了50 - 90%——而安装费用占总费用的大部分。

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"There's the expensive price tag, the functions of the robots still need to improve, and then there are the mindsets of people," he said.

他说：“机器人价格昂贵，功能仍需改善，同时还有人们的观念，必须要让人们愿意使用机器人。”

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His reply was that the quality and functions can almost be the same but the price had no chance to be that high, actually no more than one thousand yuan.

他回答说，质量和功能应该可以接近，可是价格却怎么也定不到那么高，最多不过千元。

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