In the laboratory, Zheng Hai, who had completed experiments and tests, retracted his thoughts, took off his control helmet and walked out.
Xu Chuan looked over and asked curiously: "How do you feel?"
Zheng Hai thought for a while before replying: "It's a very magical feeling, especially when the perspective and pictures transmitted by the drone appear in my mind, it's a bit like having an extra natural arm (drone).
feeling, but this feeling is very vague.”
After a pause, he added: "This technology is completely different from the neural devices and virtual devices I have tested in the military before."
Xu Chuan glanced at him in surprise and asked curiously: "Have you ever experienced other such products before?"
Zheng Hai smiled and replied: "It's normal. The nature of my job is destined to expose me to all kinds of cutting-edge technological equipment, especially those that can be used in the military. After all, only if you understand the nature and capabilities of these things clearly
, so that we can work better.”
"What were those in the past like?" Xu Chuan asked quickly.
After thinking about it, Zheng Hai said: "It's a bit like controlling a keyboard to play games. What skills do you press and what methods come to mind? The controlled device can carry out the corresponding activities. It requires a high degree of concentration and concentration.
attention."
"The one made by Xu Xiao is more relaxed. It can capture some ideas in the mind when they are born. What's even more amazing is that it can also feed back some pictures and feelings that the drone can capture, although there are very few.
Very vague.”
Xu Chuan nodded, thought for a moment and then looked at Xu Xiao and said, "Xiaoxiao, speaking of which, can your neural control equipment be used to control equipment such as robots or exoskeletons?"
Controlling robots or exoskeletons through neural control devices is not a rare thing.
Even in some countries, including China, the military has already used this technology.
In 2019, a wearable individual exoskeleton assist equipment challenge was held in China, attracting hundreds of teams to participate in the competition.
In this challenge, various individual soldier exoskeletons developed by various units also made a wonderful appearance. Every soldier wearing an exoskeleton suit to carry supplies walked vigorously.
In fact, the purpose of the development of exoskeleton suits is not only to increase the load-bearing capacity of soldiers, but more importantly, to reduce the probability of soldiers suffering from bone diseases. Due to the popularity of equipment mechanization in modern warfare, individual soldiers need to carry basic equipment such as helmets on the battlefield.
Guns, ammunition, grenades, first aid kits and other supplies totaled dozens of kilograms.
Long-term overloading not only affects the soldiers' combat effectiveness when marching and fighting, but also causes bone diseases.
For example, during the Kuwait War, many American soldiers suffered from skeletal diseases due to carrying too much weight. As a result, the American army spent about 500 million yuan every year to treat soldiers' skeletal diseases.
If an exoskeleton controlled by the nervous system can be used to complete or reduce the weight of a soldier, it will greatly improve combat capabilities.
However, currently, some exoskeletons on the market have major shortcomings.
There are two main reasons. One is that the battery life depends on the battery and cannot be used for a long time.
This part depends on the improvement of battery technology. The problem of lithium dendrites has been solved by him. I believe that this problem will soon be solved to a certain extent.
Another problem is control and flexibility.
Current exoskeletons basically measure posture through sensors bound to muscles. Although this method is useful, it also limits the flexibility of soldiers.
Those large, wide-angle movements are difficult to complete.
As for this problem, Xu Chuan saw hope of solving it through Xu Xiao's research.
Of course, the premise is that this neural control device can be used in exoskeletons and robots.
"certainly!"
Hearing Xu Chuan's question, Xu Xiao raised his head and said proudly: "The biggest difference between this new sensing technology and other neural control devices is the command control system."
"Other devices are based on brain waves, which are first emitted and then converted, and then the device is controlled through wireless or data networks. The one we developed uses the latest bio-simulation mode, which first controls the device.
The device simulates a human-like mechanism, then feeds back vague instructions to the human brain, and then calls back the control mode.”
"The advantage of this is that as Brother Zheng just said, it makes the entire drone feel like an existing part of your own arm or body."
"Theoretically, human exoskeletons and bionic robots are more adaptable to brain control than drones. After all, their own mechanisms are similar to the human body and are made through bionic and human simulation technologies."
After a pause, Xu Xiao breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his head and continued: "But that requires us to completely sort out the human body's neural signal library, and make corresponding responses and control systems. It will take at least several years, and it will also take
Only with a lot of money and funds can there be hope.”
Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and touched her head and said, "Time and funding are not a problem, as long as you think there is hope that you can do it."
After a pause, he continued: "Let's do this, I will invest 200 million for you..."
Hearing this, Xu Xiao was stunned for a moment, then excitedly jumped three feet high, walked up quickly, hugged Xu Chuan's arm and started acting coquettishly.
"Brother! Really?"
"Is it really 200 million?"
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with two hundred million, but there are conditions."
"I can agree to any conditions!" Xu Xiao blurted out.
Xu Chuan glanced at his outgoing sister and continued: "It's very simple. This money is not given to you directly, but a company will be registered to cooperate with you and Shuimu University on projects in the name of the company. And the funds
You need to organize and report on some common investment work such as the purpose of the project and the progress and direction of the project."
"In addition, I need to account for more than 50% of the project's investment and future benefits and equity. The remaining 50%, as the person in charge, how much do you get, and Shuimu University
How much you take is up to you to decide..."
The reason why he formed a company was that he was worried that Xu Xiao would not be able to control it. After all, the number of 200 million was too big, at least for Xu Xiao.
On the other hand, he is more optimistic about research in this area. Investment in the field of virtual reality is already a hot field in the future, and Xu Xiao's research direction is also very prominent.
If it can really be done, it will have a huge market in various fields such as medical, military, industry, games, etc.
And apart from this first investment, in his opinion, additional investment will definitely be needed in the future.
If Xu Xiao hadn't been worried, the first investment of 2 billion would have been nothing more than a number to him.
Two hundred million, in his opinion, is unlikely or basically impossible to solve this problem.
.......
On the other side, Fuxing Road.
In the main building of the Industrial and Information Center.
Sitting in the office, an old man with completely white hair slowly read the report document in his hand while wearing a pair of reading glasses.
Opposite him was Wu Yuankang, the leader of the space agency, sitting upright on the sofa.
After a while, the old man behind the desk reached out and took off his glasses, put down the report document in his hand and shook his head gently.
"Lao Aerospace has gone too far in this matter."
After the bidding conference on the manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects came to an end yesterday, the relevant report documents and meeting minutes were compiled by Wu Yuankang immediately and sent to the superiors of the space agency the next day.
After all, the status of manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects is completely different now than before.
In the past, although the development and research in the aerospace field was not very partial in China, it also did not receive much attention.
The total annual funds and expenditures for the entire aerospace field are only one to two billion. Of course, the funds for the national defense and aerospace fields are not included.
It sounds like a lot, but for an economic power like China, it can even be said to be dispensable.
If many technologies in the aerospace field could not be applied to national defense technology, the development of the aerospace field in China in the past would have been to send satellites to space and build space stations.
Technologies such as Mars exploration are often forced to follow up by competitors and international situations, and their own demand for this is not high.
After all, it is difficult for aerospace-led investments to bring positive returns in a short period of time.
Although you can gain a reputation at home and abroad, whether it is landing on the moon or on the fire, it will not bring many things and benefits.
But the situation is different now. Today's aerospace field can be said to be the most popular among scientific research projects.
Just for the two projects discussed at this bidding conference, the Solicitation for Earth-Moon Cargo Transportation Plans for Lunar Exploration Projects and the Solicitation for Temporary/Permanent Base Construction Plans on the Lunar Surface, the space agency planned to spend more than 300 yuan.
billion, an average of 15 billion per project.
Calculated, one project is enough to be worth an entire year's expenditure in the aerospace field in the past.
Not only funding, the top leaders also attach great importance to the development of the aerospace field, and have asked about related matters more than once.
Therefore, even the industry and information circles have to follow suit to raise the space agency's attention.
Among them, one of the instructions above is to encourage civil aviation companies to invest in aerospace technology and to open up part of the cake in the aerospace field to private aerospace companies.
For established aerospace companies, this is a blow to their bodies.
To be continued...