Every year landslides cause 25 to 50 deaths and $1.5 billion in damage in the United States. They also account for 15 percent in the deaths from the natural disasters in Europe .And in December, a single event killed more than 200 people in the Philippines. Sending workers to stabilize(加固) mountainsides using steel bars and cement can help prevent the disaster, but it introduces new difficulties. Shaking drills produce harmful dust and loosen heavy, dangerous debris(碎片). “It’s quite a risky job,” says Giorgio Pezzuzo of D’ Appolonia , an engineering company in Italy.
D’ Appolonia, working with eight other companies, may have an answer: a three-ton robot called Robotclimber. “The idea is to operate a machine from far away that can drill without a human being on board,” says Pezzuto, the manager for the project. The project is supported by the European Commission. Engineers claim that the machine will be faster and cheaper than manual labor. The robot, a large radio-controlled four-legged mechanical spider, has cost at least $2 million so far. The final product should be able to climb unstable mountainsides, drill holes, insert bars and cement, and collect data on the slope’s stability. Testing should begin in May.

Every year landslides cause 25 to 50 deaths and $1.5 billion in damage in the United States. They also account for 15 percent in the deaths from the natural disasters in Europe .And in December, a single event killed more than 200 people in the Philippines. Sending workers to stabilize(加固) mountainsides using steel bars and cement can help prevent the disaster, but it introduces new difficulties. Shaking drills produce harmful dust and loosen heavy, dangerous debris(碎片). “It’s quite a risky job,” says Giorgio Pezzuzo of D’ Appolonia , an engineering company in Italy.
在美国，泥石流每年都会造成25到50人死亡以及15亿美元的损失。在欧洲泥石流也占到因自然灾害而死亡人数的15%。在菲律宾，12月的一起泥石流事故造成超过200人死亡。尽管工人们利用金属护栏和水泥加固山坡可以预防灾难的发生，但是这又会带来新的难题：施工造成的振动会产生有害的粉尘和坠落大量危险的碎片。“这是个非常危险的工作”，一位名叫乔治帕佐托的意大利阿波罗尼亚工程公司的员工如是说。
D’ Appolonia, working with eight other companies, may have an answer: a three-ton robot called Robotclimber. “The idea is to operate a machine from far away that can drill without a human being on board,” says Pezzuto, the manager for the project. The project is supported by the European Commission. Engineers claim that the machine will be faster and cheaper than manual labor. The robot, a large radio-controlled four-legged mechanical spider, has cost at least $2 million so far. The final product should be able to climb unstable mountainsides, drill holes, insert bars and cement, and collect data on the slope’s stability. Testing should begin in May.
与其它八家公司一起合作的阿波罗尼亚工程公司如今有了一个解决办法：一个重达3吨代号为“机器人攀登者”的机器人。项目经理帕佐托说：“办法是远程控制机器人进行作业从而不需要人亲自在现场”。这个项目得到了欧盟的支持。工程师们称机器相对于人力更快更廉价。这个巨大的由无线电控制四只腿的蛛似机器人，迄今为止已经花费了至少200万美元。这个机器人最终不但能够爬越不牢靠的山腰进行钻洞，铸桩和浇铸水泥，还能收集山坡稳定性的相关数据。5月份将会对机器人进行测试。

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