A scale model of a flying drone-car drove and hovered across an Amsterdam exhibition hall Tuesday, providing a glimpse of what could be the future of urban mobility.

周二，一架無人駕駛飛機(jī)的比例模型在阿姆斯特丹的一個(gè)展廳上空盤旋，讓人們得以一瞥城市交通的未來。

The 'Pop.Up Next' prototype drone, being developed by aviation giant Airbus, automaker Audi and the Italdesign design house is made up of three separate modules — a chassis with wheels, a two-seat capsule for passengers and a four-rotor drone. The concept has been shown before, but a one-quarter-size scale model made its maiden public flight at the Amsterdam Drone Week convention.

由航空巨頭空中客車、汽車制造商奧迪和意大利設(shè)計(jì)公司共同開發(fā)的“Next”無人機(jī)原型機(jī)由三個(gè)獨(dú)立模塊組成——一個(gè)帶輪子的底盤、一個(gè)可容納兩名乘客的膠囊和一個(gè)四旋翼無人機(jī)。這一概念之前已經(jīng)展示過，但在阿姆斯特丹無人機(jī)周大會上，四分之一大小的模型首次公開飛行。

First, the drone flew across the hall and landed on a black parking spot. Then a small car drove itself underneath the drone and its passenger capsule was lifted up to latch onto the underside of the drone. Once the two were docked, the drone lifted off again and flew back to its starting point, where the capsule was lowered onto another set of wheels to continue its journey.

首先，無人機(jī)飛過大廳，落在一個(gè)黑色的停車位上。然后，一輛小車在無人駕駛飛機(jī)下面自動(dòng)行駛，它的乘客艙被提起來，與無人駕駛飛機(jī)的底面相連。這倆部分著陸后，無人駕駛飛機(jī)再次起飛，飛回起點(diǎn)，將返回艙降落到另一組輪子上，繼續(xù)飛行。

The model's test flight went off without a hitch, but don't plan on hailing such an airborne ride any time soon. There are several steps to be taken before the Pop.Up Next, or a future iteration of the drone, is ready for commercial use.

該模型的試飛順利進(jìn)行，但短期內(nèi)不打算進(jìn)行空中飛行。在Pop.Up Next，或者未來的無人機(jī)迭代已準(zhǔn)備好用于商業(yè)用途之前，需要采取一些步驟。

'For this we need to tick a list of boxes - —the vehicle is one, safety is the overarching one, infrastructure is one, acceptability is another one,' said Airbus executive Jean Brice Dumont. 'I think it will take more than a decade until a real significant, massive deployment of an air taxi system' is ready.

空客高管讓·布萊斯·杜蒙表示:“要做到這一點(diǎn)，我們需要列出一系列條件——首先是車輛，其次是安全性，其次是基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，最后是可接受性?！薄拔艺J(rèn)為，真正大規(guī)模部署空中出租車系統(tǒng)需要10多年的時(shí)間”。

One serious competitor plans to be ready even earlier.

一個(gè)重要的競爭對手甚至更早地做好了準(zhǔn)備。

Uber unveiled an artist's impression a year ago of a sleek machine it hopes to start using for demonstration flights in 2020 and to have in service in 2023. Uber's battery-powered aircraft looks like a cross between a small plane and a helicopter, with fixed wings and rotors.

一年前，優(yōu)步(Uber)發(fā)布了一幅藝術(shù)性的效果圖，展示了一款表面光滑的機(jī)器。優(yōu)步希望在2020年開始使用這款機(jī)器進(jìn)行演示飛行，并在2023年投入使用。Uber的電池動(dòng)力飛機(jī)看起來像是小型飛機(jī)和直升機(jī)的混合體，有著固定的機(jī)翼和旋翼。

Meanwhile, a Dutch company has developed its own flying vehicle called the PAL-V Liberty that is a three-wheeled, two-seat car and gyroplane rolled into one.

與此同時(shí)，一家荷蘭公司開發(fā)出了自己的飛行器，名為“自由號”(PAL-V Liberty)，是一種三輪雙座汽車和旋翼飛機(jī)合二為一的飛行器。

At the Amsterdam convention, European regulators also are discussing how to keep the continent's airspace safe as more and more drones take to the skies.

在阿姆斯特丹大會上，歐洲監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)也在討論如何在越來越多的無人機(jī)飛上藍(lán)天之際，保持歐洲領(lǐng)空的安全。

European Union rules are expected to come into force next year harmonizing drone regulations across the 28-nation bloc.

預(yù)計(jì)歐盟(European Union)的規(guī)定將于明年生效，以協(xié)調(diào)歐盟28個(gè)成員國對無人機(jī)的監(jiān)管。

'As this industry is rapidly expanding, it is important for us to anticipate market developments and be prepared for change,' said Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Aviation Safety Agency.

歐洲航空安全局執(zhí)行主任帕特里克·基(Patrick Ky)表示:“由于該行業(yè)正在迅速擴(kuò)張，我們有必要預(yù)測市場發(fā)展，并為變化做好準(zhǔn)備?！?/span>