Robots don't simply "pop out of a test tube in some laboratory." Many robotics specialists can trace their decision to plunge into the virgin territory back to science-fiction literature.
機器人不純然是「實驗室裡蹦出來的科技產物」，許多機器人專家都受到科幻文學的影響，才決定投入這塊科技研究的處女地。