Chapter 68 Robotic Arm

Thus passed the first day of November.

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

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

Afternoon of November 3rd.

Professor Zhuang Youwei from Harbin Institute of Technology led a group of people off the plane. After meeting the pick-up people, they came to Jiuzhou Technology Co., Ltd. in the suburbs of Rongcheng.

Gu Qing greeted them with Dong Qi, Luo Songtang and some executives.

After meeting for a while, Huang Chaoren said in a doggy manner: "Our company specially ordered hot pot for everyone, and we will clean up the dust for you."

"There is no need for hot pot, and diarrhea is not good." Someone in the research team refused.

"Mandarin duck pot is not spicy, and there are other snacks, roast duck, roast goose and seafood." Huang Chaoren explained.

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

A "bad old man" who is not very social, waved his hand and refused the arrangement very bluntly.

Gu Qing did know that this gray-haired old man, Zhuang Youwei, is a bigwig in the field of machinery. Of course, there are several "famous and famous" bigwigs in this research team.

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

Gu Qing replied.

"Good boy, this is the way to do scientific research, and you are not afraid of being questioned by others." Zhuang Youwei patted Gu Qing on the shoulder and encouraged him.

The projects under him are all big ones, so it's very easy to pat Boss Gu on the shoulder.

Gu Qing also knew the old man's cowhide, so he lowered his posture, like a student.

Fu Dalong was standing in the guard room, looking at his little boss like a primary school student, showing a modest smile because of the teacher's affirmation and encouragement.

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

It seems that I have become the school gatekeeper...

Because it was past four o'clock in the afternoon, some workers had changed shifts to go to the cafeteria to eat, and those on duty were rushing to their workstations, so people could be seen coming and going in and out of the park from time to time.

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

"Every time I go to the production workshop, whether it is a high-tech production enterprise or an electronic assembly factory, I am very impressed by human creativity."

An old man beside Professor Zhuang Youwei said with a sigh.

"This is the assembly and testing at the end of the industrial line. Going forward is the unmanned production workshop. Because the budget is not enough, we did not leave a tourist passage when we built it. So for the sake of safety, please line up in two rows and follow along. Be careful not to touch these switching valves in the workshop."

Director Luo explained in front of him very carefully, and told everyone about safety issues.

Although in the unmanned workshop, the probability of human accidents is small, but 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 fantasies about the future of science fiction writers in the 1960s and 1970s.

The computer program controls the robot, which can carry out production in the "harsh" environment.

Of course, the more efficient and intelligent machine production is, the more it will highlight the "clumsiness" of ordinary industrial workers, so many factory owners and capitalists don't like "wage workers" and prefer "machines that don't need wages", which leads to A lot of questions.

In this regard, some developed countries have even introduced relevant laws and regulations to stipulate that the number of workers a factory must recruit must not be lower than a certain level, otherwise fines and taxes will be imposed.

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

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

When did such monsters and ghosts appear in the unmanned production workshop? Shouldn't they be all kinds of steel rigid mechanical arms?

Zhuang Youwei and other professors were absent-minded for a short while, and sighed: "Your flexible robotic arm has been able to be produced and practical, and foreign countries are still in the laboratory stage. Did you buy the licensed technology or develop it independently? The smart dishwasher Is this the same technology as the robotic arm used on the sweeper?"

Like a machine gun, several questions popped up suddenly.

As a "bad old man" in the mechanical field, Zhuang Youwei naturally knows that there are soft and hard robotic arms, but the accuracy and strength of soft 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, which can already complete manipulation tasks such as screwing bottle caps and cleaning glass in daily life, but they cannot 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-to-weight ratio and poor flexibility, and it is difficult to fully meet the needs of new applications such as human-machine coexistence environments and human-machine collaborative tasks. body mechanical arm.

But how do you solve perception, modeling, motion model, and power adjustment? "

While inquiring, Zhuang Youwei seemed to be a little obsessed, and unconsciously approached the unmanned production workshop, his eyes were full of curiosity.

"The strategy I adopt 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 stopped Professor Zhuang and said briefly that he didn't want any problems.

Zhuang Youwei, who came back to his senses, 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: "After being used by hundreds of millions of users, [Boundary Monument] has given us a lot of inspiring data, and after cooperating with Xia Wei and other first-line mobile phone manufacturers, my development of smart programs has also reached a new level. , so it is barely possible to transform this kind of mechanical arm."

"What about their accuracy?"

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

But as soon as he said this, Zhuang Youwei opened his mouth in surprise, grabbed its arm with his backhand, and said quickly: "The accuracy of producing soft robotic arms can reach millimeters, so how do you optimize the blades in processing? How's it going?"

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

In the machinery industry, precision machining was still a weak sector in Daxia in 2016 and 2017, and it basically relied on German or Japanese-Korean products to achieve high-precision production processes.

As for the robotic arm, Daxia's domestic production can't even squeeze into the top-tier line, and can only rely on production to fight in the low-end market.

PS: Thanks to Xu Huiping for the monthly pass, hehe.