Chapter One Thousand One Hundred and Twenty Six: Enablement, Autonomy, and Unmanned
Chapter 1,126 Remote Control Technology and Autonomous Control Technology [Revised Version]
After hearing Wu Hao's words, everyone nodded in approval. Indeed, the examples Wu Hao cited are the most likely to occur in reality. With this system, these unexpected situations can be avoided.
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On this point, Director Song of the Flight Test Center had no objection and nodded in agreement.
Seeing that no one wanted to speak, Qi, the deputy director of the Aviation Technology and Aircraft Design Institute, who was the host of the meeting, said to the crowd.
"There is no need to question this project, and there is no need to question it. If I don't say anything else, let's just say that this project has been officially approved. Since it has been approved, we will not question it, but put all our thoughts on this project.
Under research and development work.”
Having said this, Deputy Director Qi glanced at Director Song, and then continued: "What we are doing is the research and development of unmanned driving technology for large aircraft, that is, medium and large aircraft.
I think the biggest difference between manned and unmanned technology lies in whether the aircraft is controlled by humans or by the system.
In unmanned driving technology, it can also be subdivided into two fields: autonomous flight control and remote control flight.
Most of the drones we are familiar with currently are basically flown by remote control.
That is, through ground remote control, the drone is controlled to take off and land, and perform a series of tasks.
There are also differences in this remote control flight technology. The general traditional remote control technology is to set up a remote control station, or command and control center, on the ground. The drone pilots are specially trained, or have transferred to other positions.
Veteran pilots who have retired from flying will take over the driving control.
This is equivalent to piloting a drone remotely. All movements of the drone require remote control by the pilot.
The more advanced ones are more automated and intelligent. For example, the drone has the ability to take off and land autonomously. It does not require a ground driver to control the driving. It only needs to give instructions, and the drone will automatically complete the takeoff or landing taxi.
Wait for the scheduled action.
For another example, drones do not require ground pilot intervention, can fly according to predetermined routes, and can also adjust the aircraft's attitude and corresponding data according to weather conditions.
In this way, the driver can concentrate on other tasks, such as ground reconnaissance or strike missions, etc.
As for autonomous control technology, that is to say, the drone has the ability to think for itself. It can complete a series of actions and tasks autonomously, such as autonomous takeoff and landing, autonomous execution of some reconnaissance and strike missions, autonomous handling of some emergencies, etc.
It is highly intelligent, autonomous and unmanned. Human beings do not need to directly intervene, they only need to issue relevant instructions or orders.
For example, fly from Airport A to Airport B to investigate the target area, or attack related targets, etc.
As long as you give the command, the drone will independently think about the target, capture, confirm, lock, attack and other actions."
Having said this, Deputy Director Qi took a sip of water, then glanced at Wu Hao, and then continued: "So in which direction will our project develop? Is it autonomous control technology or remote control technology?
Remote control technology is relatively mature for us at this stage, and the technical threshold is relatively low.
At present, a large number of our drones are using this technology, and the related technology has also become relatively mature.
We only need to transfer and install it on medium and large aircraft. Of course, this does not mean that this technology is simple.
In fact, just this kind of transfer installation also involves many problems, especially for medium-sized and heavy-sized aircraft, which is more technically difficult.
As for autonomous control technology, it relies solely on the aircraft itself for flight control, without outside intervention.
To be honest, research and development is very difficult and the risks are also very high. But the advantages of this technology are unmatched by remote control driving technology, and both the technical achievements and the economic benefits are very huge."
After speaking, Deputy Director Qi looked at everyone and smiled slightly: "Actually, you don't have to make a choice, because the leaders above have already set the direction for us.
That is to combine remote control driving and autonomous control driving. The relatively less difficult remote control driving technology research and development will be carried out first. After the remote control driving technology has achieved good results, the research on autonomous control driving technology will be carried out.
In this way, we can say that we have taken into account the advantages of these two technologies and can see results in a short period of time.
In addition, it can not only take into account military needs, but also meet economic benefits, achieving mutual benefit and win-win for all parties, which can be said to achieve multiple goals with one stone.
And another advantage of this is that we can attract more funds to invest in the research and development process.
Although we currently have no shortage of research funds, this project is extremely difficult. It not only requires massive research funds and resources, but also requires a long research cycle.
In this way, it is obviously not enough to rely solely on the investment of Haoyu Technology Company and our Aviation Industry Group, or the funding support from the military and aviation departments.
But if we bring other airlines and even some aviation logistics companies into it, then we naturally don’t have to worry about funding. And with the continuous investment of these funds, it can also reduce the burden on all of us."
After hearing what Deputy Director Qi said, everyone focused their attention on Wu Hao. Deputy Director Qi represented the attitude of the airline, and the rest were the military and aviation departments. Naturally, they had no problem with this. They even
I would be happy to see these airlines join in, as it can save them a lot of money.
Then only Haoyu Technology or Wu Hao is left. If these airlines join, they can indeed share a large part of their scientific research funding investment.
But it also means that these airlines and aviation logistics companies will also divide up the huge economic benefits that originally belonged to them.
So for Wu Hao and others, this proposal has pros and cons.
Facing everyone's gaze, Wu Hao thought quickly in his mind for a while, then glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "Of course I would like to see it save us a lot of scientific research funding, but in terms of some cooperation details, I
I hope we can have a good discussion.
As a private commercial company, we certainly have our social responsibilities, but our most important task is to make profits.
Maybe this will appear that I am a bit snobbish or even ignorant, but we also have our own difficulties. After all, such a large company needs me to support it, and tens of thousands of people need to eat."