In cities across America, access to transportation is important for people to move freely. Washington, D.C. is no different. Many residents across the District’s eight wards rely on public transportation to go to work, school, get food and more. Working closely with the city, Ford is focused on building a self-driving vehicle service that has the potential to improve people’s lives by providing additional access to a reliable, safe and convenient mobility service.
在美国的城市中，交通便利对人们自由出行很重要。 华盛顿特区也是如此。 八区的许多居民都依靠公共交通去上班，上学，吃饭等等。 福特公司与城市紧密合作，致力于建立自动驾驶汽车服务，通过提供可靠，安全和便捷的出行服务来增加人们的生活，这有可能改善人们的生活。
Outside of developing the technology, it is crucial we immerse ourselves in the communities where we will operate — not only to educate, but also to listen. Partners for Automated Vehicle Education found that 60 percent of Americans would trust automated vehicles more if they understood how the technology worked. People need to trust and find value in self-driving vehicles, and it’s up to us to educate them.
在开发技术之外，至关重要的是，我们要沉浸在我们将要运营的社区中-不仅要教育，而且要倾听。 自动驾驶汽车教育合作伙伴发现，如果60％的美国人了解自动驾驶技术的工作原理，他们会更信任自动驾驶汽车。 人们需要信任并在自动驾驶汽车中找到价值，这取决于我们对它们进行教育。
So we teamed up with the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, which is part of the nonprofit philanthropy arm of the Washington Nationals. The Youth Baseball Academy hosts a six-week summer program that focuses on baseball and healthy living, with an emphasis on STEM education. The goal is to give scholar athletes in the local community the opportunity to continue to learn, develop critical thinking skills and explore careers in STEM, so we were happy to team up.
因此，我们与华盛顿国民青年棒球学院合作 ，后者是华盛顿国民非营利慈善事业的一部分。 青年棒球学院举办为期六周的夏季课程，重点是棒球和健康生活，重点是STEM教育。 目的是让当地社区的学者运动员有机会继续学习，发展批判性思维技能并探索STEM的职业，因此我们很高兴组队。
While we had a live, immersive day planned for the scholar athletes at the Ford autonomous vehicle terminal in Ward 5, we needed to shift our plans due to COVID-19. Instead of an in-person event, we hosted a group of 50 students from fourth through eighth grade via a webcast to discuss how self-driving vehicles operate and opportunities they might take advantage of now to pursue a career in the self-driving vehicle space.
当我们在5号区的福特自动驾驶汽车码头为学者运动员计划了一个身临其境的沉浸式一天时，由于COVID-19，我们需要改变我们的计划。 我们没有亲自参加活动，而是通过网络广播邀请了50名四年级至八年级的学生，讨论自动驾驶汽车的运作方式以及他们现在可以利用的机会从事自动驾驶汽车领域的职业。
Brittany Pauley from Ford (right) and Doug Hutchinson from Argo AI speak to students about self-driving vehicles via webcast. 福特的Brittany Pauley(右)和Argo AI的Doug Hutchinson通过网络广播向学生介绍了自动驾驶汽车。From our self-driving system provider Argo AI, these scholar athletes learned how the technology must mimic the most miraculous, complex creation of all time — the human body. A self-driving vehicle is designed to sense, think and move like the human body, with the structure and connectivity provided by its “skeletal nervous system” to make it all work. Most importantly, the group learned engineers have to teach the self-driving car to think and behave like a human driver, which is why our cars are on the streets of D.C. testing every day.
从我们的自动驾驶系统提供商Argo AI ，这些学者运动员了解了这项技术如何模仿有史以来最神奇，最复杂的创造-人体。 自动驾驶汽车的设计旨在像人体一样感应，思考和移动，其“骨骼神经系统”提供的结构和连通性使其全部正常工作。 最重要的是，团队中经验丰富的工程师必须教自动驾驶汽车思考并像人类驾驶员那样行事，这就是为什么我们的汽车每天都要进行直流测试的原因。
Excerpt from Ford’s Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment, submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation. 摘录自福特提交给美国运输部的自愿安全自我评估。We also discussed opportunities students can take advantage of now to start developing skills for a career, including joining a robotics team, taking additional math classes or an online coding class, or even taking an art or design class, since building out the interior of vehicles is important to the customer experience.
我们还讨论了学生现在可以利用的机会来发展职业技能，包括加入机器人团队，参加额外的数学课或在线编码课，甚至参加美术或设计课，因为这是建立汽车内部的基础对客户体验很重要。
The bright minds of a future generation of engineers, mathematicians, designers and scientists were eager and excited to share their thoughts about self-driving vehicles with the Ford and Argo AI team — and we came prepared to listen. Some students went to their drawing boards to design and engineer what they would like to see in a self-driving vehicle. Must-have features included a phone charger and holder, a screen to watch TV and/or YouTube, as well as a map, a microwave and snack compartment.
下一代工程师，数学家，设计师和科学家的聪明才智渴望与福特和Argo AI团队分享他们对自动驾驶汽车的想法，我们准备倾听。 一些学生去他们的绘图板上设计和制造他们想要在自动驾驶汽车中看到的东西。 必备功能包括手机充电器和支架，可观看电视和/或YouTube的屏幕，以及地图，微波炉和小吃店。
The scholar athletes hit it out of the park with a clear vision for how they see self-driving vehicles impacting their own community, providing additional access to mobility to go to the doctor, restaurants or the movies, as well as getting groceries:
优秀的运动员将他们从公园中带出了清晰的视野，了解他们如何看待自动驾驶汽车对自己社区的影响，为医生，餐馆或电影院提供了更多的出行便利，并获得了食品杂货：
“When they come out in the future, they will have a huge impact on the way we live. The cars will be quick, safe and helpful. It will make our lives much easier. In my community, there is not a lot around except for houses, the metro and a park. Self-driving cars can be especially helpful for people in my neighborhood who do not have cars. Since a lot of things are far away, we can take a self-driving car. The self-driving cars can take us places like grocery stores, restaurants and entertainment spots like the movies.” — Nala M., fifth-grader.
“当它们将来问世时，它们将对我们的生活方式产生巨大影响。 这些汽车将快速，安全且实用。 这将使我们的生活更加轻松。 在我的社区中，除了房屋，地铁和公园外，周围没有很多其他东西。 自动驾驶汽车对我附近没有汽车的人特别有用。 由于很多东西都在很远的地方，所以我们可以坐自动驾驶汽车。 无人驾驶汽车可以带我们去杂货店，饭店和电影院等娱乐场所。” —纳拉M.，五年级学生。
“Self-driving cars can be safer by having less car accidents. They can help the community by delivering groceries, dropping off people at the hospital or doctor’s appointment, taking goodies to the homeless and providing a reliable service to the elderly.” — Rashaad M., fourth-grader
“自动驾驶汽车可以减少交通事故的发生，从而更加安全。 他们可以通过提供食品杂货，在医院或医生的陪同下接送人们，为无家可归者提供食品以及为老年人提供可靠的服务来帮助社区。” -Rashaad M.，四年级学生
The group also saw the potential for a self-driving vehicle to impact their lives personally and how they and their families move around the city, including going to school:
小组还看到了自动驾驶汽车对个人生活产生影响的潜力，以及他们及其家人如何在城市中移动，包括上学：
“If I had a self-driving car, I would use it to go to different places that are not in my neighborhood. I would also use it for when my mom takes me to school. We could take the self-driving car instead of having to wait for the next train or bus. This is how and why self-driving cars will give a huge impact to us in the future and in my community once they are fully developed and released.” — Nala M., fifth-grader
“如果我有自动驾驶汽车，我会用它去不在我家附近的其他地方。 当妈妈带我上学时，我也会用它。 我们可以坐自动驾驶汽车，而不必等下一班火车或公共汽车。 这是自动驾驶汽车全面开发和发布后，如何对我们和我们社区产生巨大影响的方式和原因。” —纳拉M.，五年级学生
The impact of COVID-19 was top of mind for these scholar athletes. They asked a lot of smart questions to see how our testing had been impacted and how we are keeping people safe. Others explained how a service like this would be helpful in a pandemic:
这些学者运动员最关心的是COVID-19的影响。 他们提出了许多聪明的问题，以了解我们的测试受到了怎样的影响以及我们如何确保人员安全 。 其他人则解释了这样的服务如何在大流行中有所帮助：
“You could deliver food to help people who cannot go outside due to this pandemic. For example, order various carryouts from restaurants where you put the food in the car and when it arrives, the customer can come and get it. You can also go to grocery stores.” — Caden C., sixth-grader
“您可以运送食物来帮助因这种大流行而无法出门的人们。 例如，在将食物放入车中的餐馆订购各种带出的食物，当食物到达时，顾客就可以来取食。 您也可以去杂货店。” -Caden C.，六年级学生
Some business development-minded students in the group were eager to give us tips and leave us with words of encouragement:
小组中一些具有业务发展意识的学生渴望给我们提示，并给我们留下鼓励的词：
“This invention is great. I believe the level of technique and technology you put in the car pays off. I also think you should take into consideration expanding… to pair up with bigger companies. When your business expands, (which I know it will), you should make different model cars…Much success to the next year and many more” — Kennedy C., eighth-grader
“这项发明很棒。 我相信您安装在汽车中的技术水平会有所回报。 我还认为您应该考虑扩大规模以与更大的公司合作。 当您的业务扩展时(据我所知)，您应该制造不同的模型车……到明年将取得巨大成功，甚至更多。” —八年级学生Kennedy C.
We were so impressed with the level of knowledge, engagement and feedback provided and can’t wait to see where these students go next. One of the program’s leads, Pete Harbolick, emphasized how the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy is important because it gives these scholar athletes a place they can go with all the resources to excel in school, to gain baseball and softball skills and knowledge, and to try new things that may pique their interests. “Hearing them ask when the next academy event is or say they’re sad it’s the weekend because they won’t see us for a few days really makes me feel the impact we’re having on them and in the community,” said Harbolick.
我们对所提供的知识，参与度和反馈水平印象深刻，迫不及待地想看到这些学生的下一步发展。 该计划的负责人之一皮特·哈伯利克(Pete Harbolick)强调了国民青年棒球学院的重要性，因为它为这些学者运动员提供了一个可以利用所有资源在学校中脱颖而出，获得棒球和垒球技能和知识以及尝试的资源。可能激起他们兴趣的新事物。 “听到他们询问下一次学术活动的时间是什么，或者说他们感到难过，因为这是周末，因为他们几天没看到我们了，这确实让我感到我们对他们和社区产生的影响，” Harbolick说。
Educating and collaborating with the communities we operate in will continue to be a focus for us. With many schools moving to a virtual format this year, we encourage organizations and teachers to reach out to us and see how we could host a virtual field trip to the Ford autonomous vehicle terminal to show them more about our self-driving vehicles and service.
与我们所在社区进行教育和合作将继续成为我们关注的重点。 随着今年许多学校采用虚拟化形式，我们鼓励组织和老师与我们联系，了解我们如何举办对福特自动驾驶终端的虚拟实地考察，向他们展示更多关于我们的自动驾驶汽车和服务。
You can reach out to me at bpauley3@ford.com for additional information around Ford’s self-driving vehicle operations in Washington, D.C., and setting up a virtual field trip. For more information about our operations in Miami, reach out to Alex Buznego at AVMiami@ford.com and for operations in Austin, Texas, reach out to Kathleen Baireuther at AVATX@ford.com.
您可以通过 bpauley3@ford.com 与我联系， 以 获取有关福特在华盛顿特区的自动驾驶汽车运营以及进行虚拟实地考察的更多信息。 有关我们在迈阿密的业务的更多信息，请通过 AVMiami@ford.com 与 Alex Buznego 联系 ；对于在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的业务，请 通过 AVATX@ford.com 与Kathleen Baireuther 联系 。
翻译自: https://medium.com/self-driven/a-home-run-for-self-driving-vehicle-education-in-d-c-d6f4a62ed86f
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