近日，美國一家機器人初創企業推出了一款號稱全世界最快的鞋子，據稱最多能將步行速度提高250%。這款鞋子裝有電動“風火輪”，穿著這種鞋可以像穿普通鞋子一樣行走，并能根據穿著者步行數據加快或減慢速度。

A 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%.

一家總部在美國匹茲堡的機器人與工程初創企業近日推出了一款名為“月球漫步者”的電池供電鞋，據稱可以將步行速度提高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. You’re actually meant to walk with them the way you would regular shoes or sneakers, letting the motorized wheels put a spring in your step. 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 7mph/11kph. For comparison, humans’ average walking speed ranges from 2.5 to 4 mph. The sensation of walking with the world’s fastest shoes has been compared to that of walking on a ‘moving walkway’ in an airport.

乍看之下，“月球漫步者”就像一雙未來主義風格的旱冰鞋，但實際上鞋里大有乾坤。你穿著它可以像穿普通鞋子或跑鞋一樣走路，讓電動輪助你腳下生風。這款設計巧妙的鞋的動力源自最先進的無刷直流電動機，實際上就是一個可以附著于各種鞋類的平臺，能夠顯著提升步行速度，據稱可達每小時7英里（11千米）。相比之下，人類平均步行速度為每小時2.5到4英里（4到6千米）。穿著“世界最快鞋”行走的感覺與在機場移動走道上行走的感覺差不多。

Designed by Shift Robotics, an offshoot of Carnegie Mellon University, Moonwalkers consist of a 300W brushless motor in each 4.2-lb (1.9-kg) shoe that powers eight polyurethane wheels. 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.

“月球漫步者”由美國卡耐基梅隆大學下屬的Shift Robotics公司設計，每雙重量為1.9千克的鞋中包含一個300瓦的無刷電機，為8個聚氨酯輪子提供動力。鞋子當中還有一個人工智能變速箱，可以根據一系列傳感器收集的穿著者步行數據來加快或減慢速度。這款鞋還能檢測到下坡運動以防止事故。

“Moonwalkers are not skates. They’re shoes. The world’s fastest shoes actually,” Xunjie Zang, founder and CEO of Shift Robotics said. “You don’t skate in them. You walk. You don’t have to learn how to use them, the shoes learn from you.”

Shift Robotics公司的創始人兼首席執行官臧迅杰（音譯）稱：“月球漫步者不是旱冰鞋，而是健步鞋，實際上它是全世界走路最快的健步鞋。你不是穿著它滑行，而是步行，你無須學習如何使用這種鞋，鞋子會學習你的走路方式。”

But do the world’s fastest shoes work on uneven terrain, or things like stairs? We all know how tricky those are to mitigate in rollerskates. Well, apparently the designers took that into consideration and implemented a simple gesture that allows the wearer to lock the wheels so that they can walk up or down stairs as they would in regular footwear.

但是，穿著這款世界最快鞋能否在不平坦的地形上行走或爬樓梯呢？我們都知道穿旱冰鞋走這種路有多難。不過，顯然設計師已經考慮到了這一點，讓穿著者用一個簡單的動作就可以鎖住輪子，這樣他們就能像穿普通鞋一樣上下樓梯了。

Moonwalkers were recently unveiled as part of a Kickstarter campaign that has already reached almost double its crowdfunding goal of $90,000. The first batch is expected to ship in March of 2023, at a retail price of $1,399. That’s not cheap, but then again, this isn’t your average pair of shoes, it’s the world’s fastest pair of shoes.

“月球漫步者”近期作為眾籌網站Kickstarter的項目推出，目前已經籌到了目標資金9萬美元的近兩倍。第一批鞋子預期將在2023年3月發貨，零售價為1399美元（約合人民幣10189元）。這個價格不便宜，不過這可不是一雙普通的鞋子，而是全世界最快的鞋子。

英文來源：Oddity Central

翻譯&編輯：丹妮