Technological Hegemony

On this small electric flatbed trailer, which is usually used to transfer goods in the warehouse, is a one-person high-fiber box. After receiving Luo Jia's instruction, Zhang Qidou pressed the button on the fiber box, and the sound of the motor running , the box was separated towards the two sides, revealing a robot with a height of 1.52 meters.

"Wow, so handsome!"

"The shoulders, abdomen, and thighs all bear the company's rotating galaxy badge. It really is a product of the robot project department!"

"Is this the robot we made ourselves? It seems to be very thin, and I thought it would be very tall and mighty."

After seeing the robot product, many thoughts quickly flashed through everyone's minds. Everyone knew that the company had the ability to manufacture robots, but this was the first time they had seen the real thing. Moreover, this was a complete robot, not an assembly line, although it was extremely intelligent. , but it is difficult for people to feel close to the mechanical arm. Standing in front of everyone, there is a cute feeling, which makes it easy to feel good.

Everyone looked closely at the robot’s appearance and found that it has no neck, a cylindrical torso, and multiple electronic eyes on its head, which can rotate 360 ​​degrees. It’s a bit like the R2 robot in Star Wars, but it’s much thinner. Hands and feet like humans.

"His name is Star Wing, and you can also call him Xiaoyi. He is the company's first-generation space exploration robot." Zhang Qidou took the initiative to explain to everyone: "According to the plan of the Robot Division, in the future, all of our robot products will be based on named stars."

"Star Wing is the lightest model among the three all-purpose robots, with a height of 1.52 meters. Due to the use of a large number of multi-core fibers, its dead weight is only 38 kilograms, and its body size is about the level of a junior high school boy. However, due to the equipment Ultrasonic geared motor, the working ability of the winglet can be described as amazing. On land, he can easily lift up to 300 kilograms of heavy objects. The thin body allows them to move around in a narrow engineering environment .”

"This feature is very important. After all, the space station is a place where every inch of land is precious. Whether it is the human living area, the mechanical area where the space station operates, or the two-way super space observation telescopes installed on both sides of the space station, they are all designed very tightly. , There is not much space left for the maintenance team, and the winglet is small and thin, but its strength is not small, and it is fully qualified for the role of the main maintenance engineer of the space station."

Everyone nodded after hearing Zhang Qidou's introduction. The synchronous space station is no better than the ground, and the internal space utilization rate is extremely high. Astronauts can only sleep in a narrow space capsule. Even when some tasks are heavy, two people will be allocated a bed. It is not impossible to take turns sleeping when tired.

Lightweight robots, even smaller special-purpose robots than Star Wings, have outstanding capabilities and don't take up much space. I'm afraid they will be the main force in the future.

"Now I'm going to show you,

Star Wing's personal ability, just like his name, Xiao Yi's biggest feature is his feather-like lightness and flexible body. "

After Zhang Qidou finished speaking, he turned behind Xiaoyi and reached out to press the start switch on his neck.

Hearing a snap, Zhang Qidou opened the anti-mis-touch protection cover, pressed the red chick, and then a blue light was emitted from the robot's electronic eyes, and the head of the winglet rotated rapidly, using the detector to sense and record the surrounding environment, and construct the environment. Information, at the same time, the hardware and software in the body start to load.

Compared with the previous RV geared motors, harmonic geared motors, and planetary geared motors, the performance of Star Technology's ultrasonic geared motors has been greatly improved. It is not only powerful, but also very quiet.

For the sake of safety, Luo Jia simulated the sound of the motor running, and then played it through the sound system, so when Xiaoyi turned his head, everyone could hear the swish.

In electric vehicles, there is also a similar sound prompt system, otherwise a car approaching from behind silently would be quite scary. In the same way, a robot silently appearing behind you with a kitchen knife in hand will also kill people. Scared half to death, even though the robot is holding a kitchen knife, it is actually just cooking beef brisket with carrots.

As the saying goes, details determine success or failure. Luo Jia has been thinking about it for many years, adding many practical small functions to the robot project, and also deleting many unnecessary functions that are easy to make humans hostile. Try to make the robot appear a little naive , looks harmless to humans and animals.

Shua~

Xiao Yi took a step and stepped off the electric flatbed cart. His steps were very fast. Before everyone could see how he was moving, Xiao Yi was already leaning against the corner of the wall, waiting for orders.

"Sure enough, it is a robot known for its agility. When Xiaoyi stepped off the flatbed, he felt like a cat. There was no vibration on the ground. The cushioning material like high-performance silica gel should be used under his feet. He stayed in the corner and stood by. It doesn’t move either, it should be that there is no active logic module, and it can only accept commands passively, which shows that Xiaoyi’s artificial intelligence system is not fully open, and Luo Jia still has reservations about the robot project.”

Many of the above contents quickly emerged in An Ran's mind. In general, Xiao Yi fully met An Ran's expectations, but it was a pity that Luo Jia had always been conservative with robots, and did not activate Xiao Yi's full capabilities.

Under Zhang Qidou's order, Xiaoyi showed everyone his other abilities. As an all-round general-purpose robot, Xiaoyi can serve tea and water, clean up, and can also play the role of a space station maintenance engineer. He is a mechanical expert.

It is worth mentioning that Xiaoyi actually has four arms. The two arms hidden behind the back are usually not displayed, but only stretched out when needed, and the manipulator can be replaced. It is usually a normal five-finger manipulator. Once needed, it can also be turned into an alloy hammer, impact drill, laser welding gun and so on.

The replacement of the mechanical structure of the hand is very simple. Inside the cylindrical body, there are custom-made tools hidden. The safety lock is opened, the manipulator is retracted into the body, and the body rotates. Like changing tools in a five-axis machining center, the laser welding torch appears with the rotation, and the small The wing extension arm is docked with it, the safety lock is locked, and the program self-test passes. The whole process only takes up to three seconds.

"What a quick replacement! Continue to develop according to this idea, and it is by no means impossible for robots to replace fully automatic machining centers!"

"No wonder there is a cylindrical belly, which looks clumsy. It turns out that it is like Doraemon's treasure bag, which contains a lot of treasures!"

"This design is simply amazing. It is worthy of being an all-round robot. A robot of this type, Star Wings, can handle almost all tasks on the space station!"

"What should I do? This is a heart-wrenching feeling. It seems that I want a robot. Please Mr. Luo, give me a winglet! I will work hard in the future and study ion propulsion!"

Zhang Qidou ordered Xiaoyi to bring tea and water for everyone, and everyone took the teacup from Xiaoyi's hand with excitement, inevitably full of thoughts.

Among them, Cao Yuan is probably the most excited. Although he majored in the Department of Materials, he regards robots as his lifelong dream, and he doesn't even mind marrying a robot partner. The appearance of Xiaoyi gave Cao Yuan a ray of hope. Excited to explode.

Dr. Ling Feng picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said with emotion: "This cup is made of ceramics, and the strength must be very precise. The sensor of Xiaoyi should be very accurate, right?"

Zhang Qidou said with a smile: "Yes, there are hundreds of active and passive sensors in the body of Xiaoyi, which together form a sensor cluster, and the mechanical induction can reach the microgram level. no problem."

Microgram level! ?

Such an efficient sensor! ?

Everyone was stunned, Xiaoyi's fingers and body could sense weight changes at the microgram level, which was really unimaginable.

But think about it, the company has developed to this level, and all the easy-to-research projects have been completed. Next, whether it is the space program, life science, or even microscopic quantum, they are all disciplines that require extreme rigor and precision. Robots are used as assistants. , the accuracy must keep up with the requirements of the times.

"Little Wing's abilities are indeed eye-opening." Li Moran said excitedly, "What about the other two robots? What characteristics do they have?"