Digital Life (Absolut01) - Chapter 79

[seventy-nine.]

After moving the spider’s research department to the Jinqiao factory, Lu Zhenyu decided not to move the office after thinking about it.

He is still burdened with the work of the program, and he can’t help in the mechanical aspect, and it is enough to go there every three or five times.

And the research topic that Lu Zhenyu established for himself about the spider platform is not exactly the same as the direction of increasing the size of the factory and improving the reliability to meet the military needs.

His topics are unmanned intelligent robots and intelligent auxiliary decision-making systems.

Until then, though, he has plenty of other things to do.

Because of straightening out the company’s internal financial processes, he can no longer invest the dividends he has received into the company, but this money is not of much use in his hands.

He bought the Leica shares that the company had previously purchased from the Panasonic consortium in his own name, which was less than 200 million yuan anyway, and then entrusted Lou Jiaming to help him continue to acquire a small amount of Leica shares. .

The current Leica is not the Leica in its heyday. Due to the impact of digital imaging, Leica has been reduced from an optical manufacturer to a lens supplier for some digital camera companies.

Leica’s own product line, due to its extremely high positioning, is only considered by very wealthy professional photographers.

Speaking of which, since Digital Totem purchased some of Leica’s shares, there have been quite a few orders from Digital Totem alone. It can be said that Digital Totem’s orders at this time are a huge deal for Leica. Although these orders have not accounted for a high proportion of Leica’s total sales so far, the digital totem has solidly introduced Leica into the optical consumer market in China, as well as a small part of the military optical equipment market.

Lv Zhenyu’s goal is to hold more than 51% of Leica, and it is in his personal capacity to hold the controlling stake.

If it was a few years ago, maybe he himself would think this goal was incredible, but for him now, it’s just a matter of time.

He doesn’t like to take out loans. He may need to rely on dividends for several years to gradually eat Leica, which still has a market value of several hundred million US dollars.

Another thing is that he promised Yangzong that he had a plan to change the lives of some Tibetans.

However, before discussing this matter with Yang Zong, he must first get in touch with his mother Yue Pei.

His mother is always running around. Although she has been writing letters to him and his father Yue Ping, the efficiency of this connection is too low.

Now, after all, we are also rich people, so we have to be so extravagant. Lu Zhenyu ordered a satellite phone, and a solar charging panel, and packaged and sent it to his mother.

Naturally, it was impossible for him to go to the post office by himself. Tao Yingying, his poor secretary, did it for him.

Yue Yu scoffed at the intelligent robot that Lu Zhenyu said. Now the biggest problem for Lu Zhenyu is not whether it is intelligent or not at all, but mechanical control and how to use intelligence.

Speaking of intelligent robots, raising the intelligence of the pet dog Bobo by a few levels, that is, an intelligent robot.

“Xiaoyu, you can’t say that. It’s not like you don’t know, I’ve really worked hard in terms of mechanics. Now, the level of undergraduates and graduate students in ordinary universities is not as high as mine. The problem is the mechanics. The electronics are really too complicated, and this research is not easy to do.” Lu Zhenyu defended.

“I don’t think so. The robot you’ve made now is not much better than Bobo Dog. It’s nothing more than a four-legged system that has changed into a six-legged system. It seems to be the same set in the bones.” Yue Yu also criticized mercilessly.

“Well, this is the case with the main body, but do you know why I left such a large space in the middle of the spider platform’s body? The computing load of the computer

should also far exceed the need for this robot to run. Right

.”

“Yeah, I find this matter very strange. What are you going to install in such a large space? The structure of this machine is so fragile that it doesn’t look like something that can be used in the military.” After all, Yue Yu was The digital life that exists in the virtual world, many things, lack of direct experience, is not very understandable.

“This is actually an idea given to me by the creative center. An industrial designer sketched a spider platform with suction cups for feet. A very nice industrial robot. Also, it’s wired and will drag a long Cables. And the main function of this robot is to clean the glass facade of the building.”

“Using suction cups to create negative pressure to adsorb on the glass surface? With your current design, it seems that the suction of the suction cups is not enough to bear the weight. … Well, if it is a remote control, with an auxiliary load-bearing cable, it should be enough. Well, it turns out that this is your idea.” Yue Yu figured it out after a little calculation.

As a computer, it is very dominant in this respect, and the required data can be obtained directly.

“Yes, in fact, the suction cup is mainly a positioning function, and the load is second.”

“However, even if this thing is made, can it really be sold?” Yue Yu began to calculate the cost again.

“If you can sell it, you can sell it. If you can’t sell it, you can use it as one of the company’s product lines. It should be used as a display product. The research and development cost of this thing is very low, because there have been similar robots before, but they are not intelligent.”

“Oh, look In order to integrate into human society, things like intelligent machines and robots can really only start from being a coolie.” Yue Yu sighed softly.

“Haha.” Lu Zhenyu chuckled lightly and didn’t say anything, Yue Yu was right.

Now, various countries are developing various robots, but most of them are used in places that humans cannot go, such as craters, seabeds, and dangerous mines.

This is of course because these robots can adapt to that environment, at least better than humans. On the other hand, it is also because most of the so-called robots are just advanced remote control toys. Most of the computers on the robots are only used for To do auxiliary processing of motion control, rather than autonomous, advanced intelligent programs with their own basic consciousness.

Under such circumstances, Lu Zhenyu didn’t feel any pity to sacrifice these remote control toys, it was nothing but money.

At the company headquarters, Lu Zhenyu’s progress in pondering such a small spider with a total weight of less than 50 kilograms is not bad, but at the Jinqiao factory, the progress of the extended version of the spider platform has not been much progress.

This plan is mainly to meet the requirements of the military. Of course, after the successful development, it can be considered for civilian use.

Technicians and mechanics first built a cockpit capable of carrying five people, as well as a range of equipment and weapons, as required by the military.

The shape of the cockpit is a bit like the cockpit of a helicopter.

At the feet of the driver with the head, there are also two panes of glass that allow you to see what’s under the spider.

This is also a last resort, because this spider platform based on the previous spider rock solution is completely different from the spider walker. Once it is running, the height of the cockpit is much higher than that of the walker. Conducive to the driver’s judgment.

The main space behind the cockpit can accommodate 4 people, as well as the weapons and equipment that these 4 people need to carry.

Because it is not yet time to consider the details, the location of the shooting hole has not been considered.

However, after this huge metal box was made, everyone was at a loss.

The installation and commissioning of the power will be an extremely complicated project.

They came up with a total of 3 solutions: the

first is to use two motors with the highest power, concentrate the power first, and then distribute it equally to each leg.

The advantage of this scheme is that the main control program does not need to be significantly modified, and the power distribution is relatively even.

The second solution is to install a special drive motor for each leg. In this solution, as long as the three legs on one side are not broken at the same time, even if the spider has three legs left, it can barely move, but the speed will naturally be very high. Discount.

Moreover, due to the large number of driving motors, the output power of the entire spider is large, and the movement speed can be increased.

The disadvantage is that the power consumption of the fuel cell reserves is extremely fast, and the main control program needs to be greatly adjusted.

The last option is to install 3 motors, each driving two legs.

This compromise scheme combines the advantages of the previous two schemes, and the distribution of the spider’s center of gravity is also relatively balanced.

However, coming up with a plan is one thing, and actually putting it into practice is another.

This thing, named Spider Pioneer, is basically a redesign.

Due to the increase in power and the increase in the motion requirements of mechanical joints, it is no longer easy to solve the reliability problem by using silicone as a cover, installing an air filter and a dust blowing fan.

Moreover, since the military has high requirements for continuous operations and reliability, it is almost an impossible task to ensure that various equipment can operate smoothly under various temperature and environmental conditions.

As of June, the Spider-Pioneer was still in the awkward position of completing the basic body, but was unable to leave the factory for road testing.

And the funds are constantly being consumed.

However, for digital totems, this is only one of the difficulties encountered.

In other respects, digital totem still has enough room to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall.

The first is the pet dog Bobo. The first batch of products bearing the Qinglong logo of the R&D center has a total of 1,000 Bobo. At the same time, it was launched in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and it was sold out in almost 2 hours.

Everyone now knows that every time the first batch of digital totem products is the Qinglong logo of the R&D center, and then this logo no longer appears on the product.

These 1000 waves are definitely worth collecting and commemorating.

However, the supply of the second and third batches of Bobo is also so popular that the people of digital totem feel unreasonable.

Although it is cheaper than Sony’s aibo, it is still a pet dog that exceeds 10,000.

The final retail price is 15,800, which is considered a luxury in China. How can it sell so well?

Digital Totem’s own production line is limited, and it seems that it can’t even meet domestic consumer demand.

However, selling 10,000 Bobo within a month is enough to make Digital Totem proud.

Since the end of May, the Sony OEM Bobo, which is coming off the aibo assembly line of the Sony Group’s Malaysian factory, has been listed, which has gradually alleviated the problem of insufficient supply.

And Bobo also began to supply to Japan, Europe and the US market.

Speaking of which, Sony’s aibo dog has never enjoyed such a high degree of popularity.

Even so, the price of the 1,000 Bobo with the blue dragon logo in the legend is still getting higher and higher.

Even the staff inside the digital totem rarely got the first batch of Bobo.

Although Lu Zhenyu complied with everyone’s request and really sent Bobo as an employee benefit this year, it was basically his own production line, after the fifth batch of products.

Far away in Tokyo, Hayama Ling’s classmates found that before the Bobo Dog was listed in Japan, the Bobo Dog had been running happily for a long time in the house where the surname “Lu” was hanging on the door of the house where Hayama Ling lived. .

When a good classmate visited Yeshan Ling, he paid special attention to it, only to find out that this Bobo was actually the version with the blue dragon logo, and it was not even the first batch of the version on the assembly line, but a pure laboratory technician. Handcrafted engineering beta.

When the news spread and Hayama Ling didn’t know it, the price of her Bobo was copied to more than 10 times the list price.

The spider walker, which has a huge impact on the development of digital totems in the future, has finally completed a series of tests on all roads, mountains, woodlands, wetlands and harsh weather conditions from May to early June, and has also won Production License.

Although, when this kind of license is approved, the approval supervisor really can’t figure out which category should be positioned for this kind of thing.

In the end, the spider walker was classified as a battery car.

After obtaining the production license, the spider walker immediately received two orders. The police in Shanghai ordered 20 units, and the police in Beijing ordered 24 units.

The price of these two batches of orders is 1.7 million yuan per spider walker, including training and one-year limited quality service.

Due to the small order quantity, the two batches of goods were sent out on the same day of the order.

The news that the spider walker has received orders from the police in Shanghai and Beijing greatly stimulated the attention to the spider walker at the Shanghai International Auto Show in mid-June.

This electric all-terrain manned stepping machine has become a star at international stations with off-road capabilities beyond what people imagined – even if it’s the only vehicle at the auto show that doesn’t have wheels.

After the International Auto Show, the digital totem received a large number of inquiries from overseas.

Lu Zhenyu was a little undecided in his heart. After all, the military value of this thing should be known to everyone, and he did not dare to take out casually.

It was the adjutant of General Bai Qiang who called and said that even if it was sold, it would just be a bit more expensive.

Lu Zhenyu had a hard time understanding this.

He has already reported that the cost of the spider walker is about 550,000 yuan, mainly due to the price of materials and equipment. The unit price of 1.7 million yuan sold to the Shanghai and Beijing police is quite scary.

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com Of course, this price has to deduct a series of data of pre-development cost and market capacity estimation, but the gross profit of 200% is too much.

Does Bai Qiang feel that there is still room for this price?

Lu Zhenyu pondered for a long time, and then instructed Lei Tao to say, “Well, let’s do it, the export is all 550,000 US dollars.”

Lei Tao immediately spit out a sip of tea and shouted: “Damn it, grab the money.”

550,000 .

Is the unit price really high?

Maybe it should be worth the price for an epoch-making product that looks mature, well-structured, and has good after-sales service?

Otherwise, why are people scrambling to request delivery as soon as possible for fear that you won’t sell it?

In two weeks, Lei Tao signed an order for a total of 750 spider walkers.

As of the national holiday ending July 1, that number had grown to 1,149.

Among them, an order from the Canadian Forestry Association is 118 vehicles.

However, these are nothing.

The coolest thing is the orders from foreign military. Military products are not responsible for after-sales service. All maintenance and spare parts need to be purchased separately. Orders from some European mountainous countries almost made Lei Tao laugh.

In Lei Tao’s life, he has never signed so many orders in such a short period of time.

What a sense of achievement.

In the past half month, the order of 600 million US dollars has been received, and the 30% advance payment has been received immediately… What a dream life.

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