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Air?travel 空中旅行 Preparing?for?take-off 起飞准备 A?cheaper,?cleaner?way?for?the?long?taxi?to?the?runway 一种更便宜更清洁的飞机跑道滑行方式 ENGINES?on?airliners?are?highly?efficient?when?they?are?in?flight,?but?not?when?operating?on?theground. 飞机上的发动机在飞行过程中效率是很高的，但是在地面上的时候却不是这样。 When?a?plane?is?taxiing?under?its?own?power,?the?engines?burn?vast?amounts?of?fuel. 飞机依靠自身动力滑行时，发动机燃烧掉大量的燃料。 A?Boeing?747?can?consume?a?tonne?of?fuel?and?emit?several?tonnes?of?carbon?dioxide?duringan?average?17-minute?taxi?to?take-off. 一架波音747起飞一般需要滑行17分钟，要消耗1吨燃料并且释放出几吨二氧化碳。 And?when?the?aircraft?lands?there?is?likely?to?be?another?long?drive?to?the?passenger?gate. 飞机着陆时，也要滑行很长一段才能到达乘客出口。 Which?is?why?there?are?variousmethods?being?developed?for?aircraft?to?use?other?means?of?propulsion?while?moving?aroundan?airport. 这就是为什么要研究不同的方法让飞机在机场运行时使用其他的动力方式。 Towing?aircraft?with?a?tug,?similar?to?how?they?are?pushed?back?from?the?gate,?is?one?way. 用飞机拖拉车牵引就是一种办法，类似于发动机的推力。 But?constantly?pulling?on?the?front?landing?gear?can?lead?to?mechanical?problems. 但是经常拉拽前起落架可能会导致机械故障。 Many?pilots?would?also?prefer?to?be?in?control?of?the?driving?once?their?aircraft?is?on?thetaxiway. 许多驾驶员在飞机滑行的时候也喜欢自己来控制操作。 One?method?that?addresses?both?concerns?is?a?semi-robotic?tug?called?TaxiBot,?developed?byIsrael?Aerospace?Industries. 能同时解决这两方面问题的一种方法是一种半机器人化的牵引车:牵引机器人。 Instead?of?using?a?tow?bar?attached?to?the?aircrafts?nose?wheel,?TaxiBot?employs?amechanism?which?automatically?scoops?the?wheel?up?into?a?rotating?turret. 它是由以色列航空工业公司研发的。牵引机器人运用一种机械装置可以自动托起飞机前起落架与旋转塔台连接。 The?TaxiBot?also?avoids?having?any?complicated?links?to?connect?to?the?cockpit,?yet?still?givesthe?pilots?driving?control. 牵引机器人连接驾驶舱也不需任何复杂的元件，驾驶员却可以控制操作。 It?does?this?by?accelerating?to?the?speed?set?for?the?taxiway,?using?its?inbuilt?GPS?map?system. 牵引机器人利用内置的GPS地图系统给跑道速度控制装置加速即可。 The?pilots?then?use?their?usual?controls?to?steer?with?the?nose?wheel?and?to?brake?with?themain?landing?gear. 驾驶员用通常的控制器完成头部机轮的控制和主起落架的制动。 A?safety?driver?remains?in?the?TaxiBot,?and?he?also?dri