November 1st passed like this.

On November 2, the expected good news came. The team led by Zhang Tianhao won the bid. The relevant departments of Pudong City and Jiuzhou Technology Company began to have more in-depth contact, and were about to go through the process and research the product.

As long as this level is passed, the project will be completely stable.

The afternoon of November 3rd.

Professor Zhuang Youwei of Harbin Institute of Technology led a group of people off the plane. After meeting the person who picked him up, they came to Jiuzhou Technology Company in the suburbs of Rongcheng.

Gu Qing took Dong Qi, Luo Songtang and some senior executives to greet them.

After the meeting, there was a brief exchange of greetings, and Huang Chaoren said very rudely: "Our company specially ordered hot pot for everyone, so that you can catch the wind and wash away the dust."

"There is no need for hot pot, diarrhea will be bad." Someone in the research team refused.

"The mandarin duck pot is not spicy, but there are other snacks, including roast duck, roast goose and seafood." Huang Chaoren explained.

"No need, let's take a look at your industrial lines first. Our joint research team is very curious."

A "bad old man" who was not very sociable waved his hand and refused the arrangement bluntly.

Gu Qing knew that this gray-haired old man, Zhuang Youwei, was a big shot in the mechanical field. Of course, there were several "well-known" big shots in this research team.

"Since Mr. Zhuang said so, let's accompany everyone to see the industrial line first."

Gu Qing replied.

"Good boy, this is how you do scientific research. Don't be afraid of others questioning you." Zhuang Youwei patted Gu Qing's shoulder and encouraged him.

The projects under his control are all big ones. It would be very relaxing to pat Mr. Gu on the shoulder.

Gu Qing also knew how good this old man was, so he kept his posture low, like a student.

Fu Dalong stood in the guard room, looking at his little boss like a primary school student, smiling modestly because of the teacher's affirmation and encouragement.

But when all the students and teachers entered the park and he closed the door, he felt a little dazed for a moment.

It’s like I’ve become a school janitor…

Because it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon, some workers had already changed shifts and went to the canteen to eat, while those on duty were rushing to their work stations, so you could see people coming in and out of the park from time to time.

The research team followed Director Luo's guidance and walked to the production workshop. After changing into work clothes, they finally approached the first-line production line.

"Every time I go to a production workshop, whether it is a high-tech manufacturing enterprise or an electronics assembly plant, I am impressed by human creativity."

An old man next to Professor Zhuang Youwei sighed and said this.

"This is the assembly and testing at the end of the industrial line, and further ahead is the unmanned production workshop. Due to insufficient budget, we did not leave a tourist passage for tourists when we built it, so for the sake of safety, everyone please line up in two lines and follow.

Be careful not to touch these switch valves in the workshop."

Factory Director Luo explained the details at the front and warned everyone about safety issues.

Although in an unmanned workshop, the probability of someone having an accident is small, if the machine is damaged and production is delayed, it will be a big loss.

The unmanned workshops of modern industrial factories have fulfilled most of the fantasy of the future by science fiction writers in the 1960s and 1970s.

Computer programs control robots and can produce in "harsh" environments.

Of course, the more efficient and intelligent machine production becomes, the more it will highlight the "clumsiness" of ordinary industrial workers. Therefore, many factory owners and capitalists do not like "wage workers" and prefer "machines that do not require wages", which then leads to

A lot of questions.

In this regard, some developed countries have even issued relevant legal regulations for this purpose. The number of workers a factory must recruit cannot be lower than a certain level, otherwise fines and taxes will be imposed.

Of course, the production workshop is basically filled with various arms of industrial robots, some big and some small.

But the research team also saw a flexible robotic arm that looks like an elephant's trunk, and they are even involved in every link.

When did such monsters appear in unmanned production workshops? Shouldn’t they all be rigid mechanical arms made of steel?

Zhuang Youwei and other professors were momentarily lost, and then sighed: "Your flexible robotic arm is actually ready for production and practical use. It is still in the laboratory stage abroad. Did you buy the authorized technology or independently develop it? That smart dishwasher

Is this the same technology used in the robotic arms used in sweeping machines?”

Like a machine gun, several questions popped up.

As a "bad old man" in the field of machinery, Zhuang Youwei naturally knows that robotic arms are divided into soft and hard ones, but the accuracy and strength of software robotic arms are more difficult to overcome than hardware robotic arms.

The Harbin Institute of Technology and the University of Science and Technology have self-developed low-cost soft robot arms in this regard. They can already complete manipulation tasks such as twisting bottle caps and cleaning glass in daily life, but they are not yet able to move heavy objects like the flexible robotic arms in the workshop.

and precision welding.

"The rigid mechanical arms of traditional industrial robots are subject to inherent limitations such as low load-bearing ratio and poor flexibility. They are difficult to fully meet the needs of new applications such as human-machine coexistence environments and human-machine collaborative tasks. Therefore, the robotic arms in your dishwashers should be flexible.

Body robotic arm.

But how do you solve the problems of perception, modeling, motion model, and power regulation?"

While asking, Zhuang Youwei walked unconsciously towards the unmanned production workshop as if he was possessed, his eyes full of curiosity.

"The strategy I adopted is to combine artificial intelligence programs with robots, and try to apply flexible materials to the bones and muscles of the robotic arm."

Gu Qing grabbed Professor Zhuang and said briefly that he didn't want anything to go wrong.

Zhuang Youwei came back to his senses and asked: "Artificial intelligence program? I know you are also working on this project, but the intelligence of your sweeping robot is not enough."

Gu Qing nodded and said softly: "[Boundary Monument] has been used by hundreds of millions of users and has given us a lot of inspiring data. After cooperating with first-tier mobile phone manufacturers such as Xia Wei, my development of smart programs has also reached a higher level.

, so we can barely transform this kind of robotic arm."

"What about their accuracy?"

"It can reach the millimeter level." Gu Qing replied.

But just as he said these words, Zhuang Youwei opened his mouth in surprise, grabbed its arm with his backhand, and said quickly: "The accuracy of producing flexible robotic arms can reach millimeters, so how about optimizing the blade during processing?"

How's it going?"

Mentioning this, Gu Qing understood why the old man's demeanor suddenly changed like this.

In the machinery industry, precision processing was still a weak sector in the summer of 2016 and 2017. It basically relied on products from Germany or Japan and South Korea to achieve high-precision production processes.
Chapter completed!