35 The Phoenix

35 The Phoenix Josephine and Rockwell followed the two RAZERs as they carried 72 into the lift. Josephine pressed the button marked B and they started to move smoothly down into the basement. Once the doors reopened, she led them along the corridor and into a large room packed with complicated-looking machinery and instrumentation. Right in the centre was a rectangular table, above which were several multi-bulbed light fittings. "Is this the workshop?" asked Rockwell. "Yes," replied Josephine. "Well, I suppose it's more like a cross between an operating theatre and a mechanic's garage. We call it "the surgery"."

35 不死鸟 约瑟芬和罗克韦尔跟着两名雷泽机器人，它们抬着72号走进了电梯。 约瑟芬按下标着B的按钮，电梯开始平稳往地下室降去。 电梯门重新打开后，她带着众人沿走廊走进一间大屋，屋里堆满了看着结构复杂的机械和仪器。 房间正中央摆着一张长方形桌子，桌子上方装了好几盏多泡照明灯。 “这里就是工作室吗？”罗克韦尔问道。 “没错。”约瑟芬回答。 “嗯，要我说，它更像手术室和机械修理厂的结合体。 我们叫它“手术间”。”

She turned to the RAZERs holding 72. "326, 405, please put 72 on the table," she said, politely. The robots did as they were told, green eyes shining brightly. Once free of their cargo, they moved smoothly back to the edge of the room. And that's when it happened: their green eyes suddenly turned red. This immediately made Rockwell nervous. "Er, did you see that, Josephine?" he asked, anxiously. "The RAZERs" eyes have gone red. Why did that happen?" "Hmmm, I'm not sure. Something could be affecting the signal down here. Maybe they're offline." The red-eyed robots then turned in unison and swiftly headed out of the surgery and back towards the lift.

她转过身对抬着72号的雷泽机器人开口。 “326号、405号，请把72号放到桌子上。”她礼貌地说道。 机器人照做了，它们的绿色眼睛闪闪发亮。 放好72号后，它们稳稳退回到了房间边缘。 接下来意外发生了：它们的绿眼睛突然变成了红色。 这立马让罗克韦尔紧张了起来。 “呃，约瑟芬，你刚才看到了吗？”他焦急地问道。 “雷泽机器人的眼睛变红了。 这是怎么回事？” “嗯，我也不清楚。 说不定是这里的信号受到了干扰。 可能它们已经离线了。” 这些红眼睛机器人随即一齐转身，快步走出手术间，朝着电梯回去了。

"Er, they don't look very offline to me," said Rockwell. "Where have they gone?" Maybe 67 has summoned them back to the ceremony, replied Josephine. She leaned over 72, seemingly unbothered by this turn of events. "Don't worry about it, Rockwell. We have more important things to deal with right now. Right then, 72. Let's have a look at you, my friend," she said, flicking a switch to turn on the array of lights above them. She leaned further over, pushing and prodding various parts of the robot's inanimate housing. "Hmmm, I'd guess that the primary effect of the waterlogging was the resultant malfunction of the control algorithm. That would have made it impossible to detect trajectory deviations which would mean

“呃，我看它们可不太像离线的样子。”罗克韦尔说。 “它们跑到哪里去了？” 说不定是67号召唤它们回仪式现场了，约瑟芬回答。 她俯下身靠近72号，看上去完全没被这突发状况打扰。 “别担心，罗克韦尔。 我们现在有更重要的事要处理。 好了，72号。 我的朋友，让我们来检查一下你，她边说边按下开关，点亮了上方的一整排灯。 她俯得更低了，推戳了推这个一动不动机器人机身的各个部位。 “嗯，我猜浸水造成的主要后果就是控制算法出了故障。 这会让机器人没法检测轨迹偏差，也就意味着

which would mean the torque applications computed for the actuators would be incorrect said Rockwell. Josephine stopped what she was doing, looked up at him and grinned. "Rockwell, I'm impressed!" "Thanks," he replied, beaming. "I'm glad that somebody appreciates me." Rockwell's face suddenly dimmed as he remembered what had happened earlier. "Listen," said Josephine gently. "I don't mean to pry, but I couldn't help overhearing you and Peanut arguing in the control room last night. Is everything OK?" Oh, er, well— not really, no," he said, sadly. "Sometimes it just feels like she doesn't take anything I say seriously. Also, I get the impression that I want to be her friend much more than she wants to be mine. Ah, I see," said Josephine. "Well, don't forget that Peanut has had a very difficult time over the last year or two. Trauma affects people in different ways, and I'm sure she will have said some things that she might regret. "Yeah, maybe." "Whatever happens, don't underestimate her desire for your friendship. Yes, her family is finally back together now, but I'm sure she still needs you as much as she ever did." "I don't know," said Rockwell. "I think I'm only useful to her when she has a problem. And even then, I can't always help her."

也就意味着给执行器算出的扭矩输出会出错，罗克韦尔接过话说道。 约瑟芬停下手上的活，抬头看向他，露出了笑容。 “罗克韦尔，真让我刮目相看！” “谢谢。”他笑着回答。 “很高兴有人能认可我。” 罗克韦尔的脸色突然暗了下来，他想起了之前发生的事。 “听我说。”约瑟芬温柔地开口。 “我不是故意打探，可我昨晚无意间听到你和皮纳特在控制室吵架。 一切都还好吗？” 哦，呃，其实……不太好，他难过地说。 “有时候我就是觉得，我说什么她都不当回事。 而且我感觉，比起我想当她的朋友，她根本没那么想和我做朋友。 哦，原来是这样，约瑟芬说道。 “好了，别忘了，这一两年皮纳特过得一直很不容易。 创伤会改变人，我肯定她当初说过一些让自己后悔的话。 “是啊，也许吧。” “不管发生什么，别低估她想要和你做朋友的心意。 没错，她家现在终于团聚了，但我肯定她依然和从前一样需要你。” “我不知道。”罗克韦尔说。 “我觉得我只有在她遇到麻烦的时候才有用。 而且就算有麻烦，我也不一定能帮得上她。”

"Rockwell, listen to me." Josephine looked him directly in the eye, "True friends can't always make problems disappear, but true friends certainly don't disappear when there are problems. I'm not sure we have a true friendship," said Rockwell. "I think ours is... broken." "Well, in that case, remember what I said earlier. When something is broken, you should at least try to fix it." Rockwell nodded. He knew she was right. "Right," said Josephine, "let's get to work. Grab a pair of safety goggles, fire up the soldering iron and pass me that screwdriver. I'll start by cracking open the cyclo drive and giving it a once-over. Maybe you can take a hair dryer to the CPU and the servos while I do that?" "Er, yes. Happy to," said Rockwell. Half an hour later, Josephine and Rockwell lifted 72 into an upright position and carefully set them down onto the floor. "The moment of truth," said Josephine, quietly. "If we've done this properly, the inductive sensors should now be working, which means the oscillator circuit should be fully functional. "I can't see why it wouldn't be," said Rockwell. "I've run the calculations and, if I'm using the Jacobian matrix correctly, the algorithms should be perfect.

“罗克韦尔，听我说。” 约瑟芬直视着他的眼睛，“真正的朋友没办法每次都帮你消灾解难，但真正的朋友绝对不会在你遇上麻烦的时候走开。 我不确定我们算不算是真正的朋友，罗克韦尔说。 “我觉得我们的友谊……已经碎了。” “好吧，既然这样，还记得我之前说的话。 东西坏了，至少你该试着修好它。” 罗克韦尔点了点头。 他知道约瑟芬说得对。 “好了，约瑟芬说，我们开始干活吧。 拿一副护目镜，打开电烙铁，再把那把螺丝刀递给我。 我先拆开循环传动箱，整体检查一遍。 我干活的时候，你能不能用吹风机吹一吹CPU和伺服电机呀？” “呃，好的。 我很乐意，罗克韦尔说。 半小时后，约瑟芬和罗克韦尔一起把72号扶成直立姿势，小心地把它放到地板上。 “见证结果的时刻到了。”约瑟芬轻声说。 “如果我们没做错，电感传感器现在应该能正常工作，这样振荡电路就能完全正常运转了。 “我看没理由出问题呀。”罗克韦尔说。 “我算过了，如果我用雅可比矩阵的方法没错，算法肯定没问题。

"Let's see, shall we," said Josephine. She reached behind the RAZER and pressed a button on their lower right side. A small motor immediately started to rev. A good sign. Then a single harmonic tone played, which reminded Rockwell of the sound a laptop makes when it's starting up. Ten seconds later, 72's entire eye panel blazed bright green, then flashed in a series of random patterns before settling back down to the usual red two-eye set-up. Rockwell and Josephine looked at each other and smiled. Then the robot spoke. "Greetings. I am RAZER number 72. Second-generation Rigorous Attitude Zero Empathy Robot. Designed and engineered by Josephine Engelberger. Property of White Industries, Chroma. How may I assist you today?"

“我们来瞧瞧，好不好？”约瑟芬说。 她伸手摸到雷泽身后，按下了它右下方的一个按钮。 小马达立刻转动启动了。 这是个好兆头。 接着响起一阵悦耳的单音，让洛克威尔想起了笔记本电脑开机时的声音。 十秒钟后，72号的整块眼面板亮起鲜亮的绿光，接着闪过一串杂乱的图案，最后变回了原本的红色双眼模式。 洛克威尔和约瑟芬对视一眼，笑了起来。 接着机器人开口说话了。 “你们好。 我是72号雷泽。 第二代严谨态度零共情机器人。 由约瑟芬·恩格尔伯格设计制造。 归克罗马怀特工业公司所有。 请问今天我能为你们做些什么？”