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Volume 4: Walking in the Solar System Chapter 6: Three-dimensional Internet and Mechas

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    Putting aside those troublesome products that affect social ethics, Li Zhuang is quite satisfied with the company's technological progress over the years.  The huge R&D team, under the joint management of Wesson Technology and Wellin Technology, is outstanding in both cutting-edge research and technology transformation speed.

    Relatively complete brainwave recognition technology was finally developed by the Wesson Institute of Applied Physics, twenty years after the first crude device that could barely achieve brainwave recognition was produced.  This comprehensive technology consists of dozens of small technologies and can be applied in fields such as security, medicine, military and entertainment.

    The disclosed part of this technology has been patented, and technology licenses have been exchanged with related companies in Citi, Japan, and Germany. These technologies are combined to form a set of standards called virtual reality interface fvr1.0.  Led by United Technologies Corporation, four companies jointly developed a complete web browsing and online gaming helmet "Little Dreamer" (Little Dreamer), referred to as LDR.  The LDR that has just been put on sale is the first generation product of the LDR series, and the Internet has officially entered the three-dimensional era.

    Like the previous style of Wesson Technology, this set of fvr1.0 standards is much more complete and refined than the immature products that other companies have introduced piecemeal before.  It has all the functions it should have, it just needs to be upgraded in the future according to technological progress.

    This helmet called "Little Dreamer" was bitten by IBM for a while when it was launched. IBM's current predicament is all because of the million-neuron intelligent brain called "Dreamer".  The naming is very sensitive.  Of course, a company like IBM will not go bankrupt easily even if it does not have smartphones. This is the benefit of a solid foundation and deep heritage.

    All IBM products and technical services are within the coverage of United Technologies Corporation.  The competitor that IBM fears most is none other than Wai.  Although Australia does not want to engage in vicious competition, it cannot compare with Wesson Technology in terms of research and cannot match wai in terms of production.  This joint technology company called wai actually produces a lot of things, far beyond the nominal AI field, including various software on servers and von Neumann systems.  The security protection software developed by Li Zhuang back then was also said to be beneficial by www.piaotia.com. Its thinking was broader than before. Although it was no longer as superior as before, communication with colleagues of similar level made it more conducive to the research and development of new technologies.  .  Now there are relatively frequent exchanges between it and Wesson Technology. Of course, Washington has no skin to join in the fun.

    The technology license exchanged by Weisen Technology this time includes IBM technology, but not much, and the price paid is also very small.  Citigroup attaches great importance to basic research and has sufficient technical reserves. However, the situation is developing too fast. Some methods that seemed to be able to slowly drain consumers suddenly became redundant.

    3D technology has been developed for a long time, but brainwave sensing devices for Internet access and online games have never been perfected. Although there are no problems with the capacity and speed of the Internet, in the three-dimensional era until the key technologies are not overcome, the virtual reality interface will always stay on the computer screen.  superior.

    Game companies that have been unable to open up the situation have been looking forward to the complete 3Dization of the Internet. However, this high degree of 3Dization has high requirements for network components, and technology upgrades cannot be achieved overnight.

    The emergence of fvr1.0 and the Little Dreamer helmet has accumulated nearly two decades of accumulation by many companies, and this is based on the elimination of many old technologies.

    Various game companies are swarming to develop games based on the fvr1.0 standard, and the products developed can use LDR helmets.  ldr1.0 is a powerful multi-chip multi-thread processing system based on optical paths. It protects users very thoughtfully.  The design of the brainwave analysis and filtering module is very sophisticated. The voltage used by the helmet is not high, and current and voltage suppression are key considerations to avoid accidental electric shock accidents.

    FVR1.0 is easy to learn and use. Many big game companies have their own 3D games. They rewrite these games according to FVR standards very quickly.  fvr1.0 and ldr were released by United Technologies in July last year just one month after BioServant. By September, a wide variety of three-dimensional games were on the market.

    In the game, all the robots and mechas that humans can imagine have appeared one after another. Even the anti-matter power technology, which the earth is still far from mastering, has also appeared in the game openly.  But this is nothing. As early as decades ago, more advanced fantasy power systems appeared.

    Ordinary people tend to prefer humanoid robots and humanoid mechas. Game developers have fully taken into account the preferences of ordinary people and let their wild horses fly all over the sky.

    Among the robots in the real world, except for biological servants, artificial humanoid robots are the most popular ones. Many robot bodyguards are served by super-simulating humanoid robots.

    The robot pets were unexpectedly popular. The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute designed a single-chip master brain integrating 5,000 artificial neurons for wai. wai completed the related auxiliary entertainment, mobility and touch systems, and made a lot of money in a short period of time.Very happy.

    Thomas, the director of the Intelligent Production Laboratory, designed a pet called "Tom Cat", which fully demonstrated his understanding of "Tom and Jerry" and sold well.  He was familiar with Time Warner and was supported by academician-level figures. Time Warner only received a small amount of image royalties.

    Most engineering robots are crawler-type, mining robots have their own series, and combat robots are of complex types.  There are many types of combat robots with 10,000 to 200,000 artificial neurons integrated with intelligent brain control, such as four-legged robot dogs, two-legged large combat robots (with rockets, missiles and laser cannons), four-legged or six-legged demining robots,  Thunder robots with rocket and micro-jet engine propulsion, tank-type robots with electromagnetic guns, and more.

    The crawler type has its own advantages. Although its off-road capability is not as good as that of the stepping chassis, it has a larger load and has a speed advantage on plains and roads.  The cost of military robots is much higher than that of civilian robots, and combat efficiency will not be reduced for certain psychological tendencies.

    I don¡¯t know who first proposed the mecha design. This kind of thing should come from real-life engineering machinery, but it is definitely not the mecha design proposed by engineers.

    Li Zhuang checked some information before he knew the source.  The so-called mecha is the abbreviation of mobile armor, that is, mobile armor, generally abbreviated as ma, and also translated as mobile fortress.  Mecha is an aerial weapon that appears in the Japanese anime Mobile Suit Gundam series. Although it is a large mobile weapon that appears in the same work as Mobile Suit (MS), the main difference is that MS is mainly humanoid, while MA has fewer people.  type design.

    The concept of simple mecha design has been around for a long time. Citigroup¡¯s digital warrior plan has been implemented for many years. The metal exoskeleton prepared for soldiers is a simple mecha.

    United Technologies Corporation has designed the powerful mobile armor MA211 for the Australian military. It is an enhanced external mechanical skeleton designed to imitate the structural characteristics of the human body. It is equipped with systems such as fire attack, protection, control, life and energy support, etc., effectively improving the  Improve soldiers' combat capabilities and protection levels.  This name was chosen by the Robotics Research Institute. Li Zhuang didn't know the specific meaning at first, but later he found out that it was a bunch of Gundam control yy.

    The bulletproof ability of the mecha relies on nano-alloy armor, which has a certain degree of protection against laser weapons. It does not rely on its own solidity, but on the cleverly designed reflection and heat shunt system.  As for electromagnetic protection, it must be guaranteed.  In terms of power, in addition to using super batteries as the power source, the energy generation and recovery system makes full use of the achievements of the Biotechnology Research Institute.

    Ma211 includes a backpack, metal legs, power and hydraulic transmission systems, etc. It adopts nanotechnology and weighs less than 50 kilograms, but it can bear 99% of the soldiers' load and can be controlled by brain waves.  The ma211 is divided into ordinary type, low-enhancement type ma211l, medium-enhancement type ma211m and heavy-duty type ma211h.  The most versatile and powerful heavy-duty version, with a total weight of about 200 kilograms, equipped with a micro-jet engine and laser weapon system, it can be used as a battlefield fire support hand.  The ordinary ma211 can also be equipped with an external flight system, which doubles the weight and greatly improves battlefield efficiency.

    Ma211 is easy to use and has strong load-bearing capacity. It can reach a forward speed of 25 kilometers per hour in plain areas with a full load of 150 kilograms.

    Li Zhuang has experienced a MA211. Even the original model already has the feeling of a future warrior.  Laser and infrared radar three-in-one ranging, automatic aiming, precision optical analysis and infrared night vision systems, interactive battlefield communication systems, multi-functional helmets with super bulletproof capabilities and full-body modular armor, not to mention the powerful weapons equipped  system.  Special warriors wearing full MA211h heavy equipment have an overwhelming advantage over traditional armed forces.

    The company¡¯s management came to try their skills one after another, and they were all very satisfied. Finally, they decided to produce a batch of equipment for the security department, mainly the ma211l external flight system.  The military was very satisfied with the MA211 after rigorous testing. Although the price was extremely high, it still purchased a batch for training purposes.  The troops stationed at the base near the Xinwei Space Center have become the unit that Australian Army recruits most want to join, because it is jointly built by the asa and the army and is a testing ground for high-tech weapons.

    The quality of Australian soldiers has improved a lot over the years, probably because the population base has become larger. In the past, organizations similar to the recruitment office begging grandparents to recruit people to serve as soldiers are now rarely seen.

    This batch of combat mechas has two power sources, the high-power isotope battery referred to as nb and the super batteries seb1 and seb2 referred to as seb.  The abbreviation of super battery was originally sb, which means super battery, but the Chinese employees firmly disagreed and had to come up with the nondescript seb.  seb1 is a conventional rechargeable battery with super energy density, which was upgraded from the research and development results of the original Nanotechnology Research Institute; code-named seb2 is a super battery made of carbon nanotube crystals. The company has been using it for a long time, but it has never been able to measure it.  Produce.

    The English abbreviation of super battery, even if it is approved by the Energy Research Institute, it will be rejected by the management.  There were Russian SB bombers before, and there were SBs that were ridiculed later, and nowIf there is another SB battery, people who are familiar with Chinese culture in recent decades will probably laugh, especially since the research and development of this battery also involved the participation of Chinese researchers.

    The Japanese have hidden high-power isotope technology for nearly ten years, and it was eventually conquered by the Institute of Theoretical Physics. However, the methods to achieve the same power are different, and it is difficult to say who has a higher cost.  The only thing that is certain is that similar batteries produced in any country are not cheap.

    The robot bodyguards in the company are all highly intelligent nano-lithography biological robots. Super-simulated alloy skeleton humanoid robots are now also widely used. The power and speed of this kind of robot exceed that of biological robots.

    Scientists have been wondering how director James Cameron came up with the idea of ??a hybrid robot similar to the Terminator.  According to the structure of the Terminator, it is possible to implement a flesh-and-blood skin, but it is not stable and can easily turn into smelly meat.  This is a result deduced from a purely theoretical perspective. Using the Terminator T800 is not as good as using a nanolithography biorobot with reinforced cells. The biorobot equipped with a nano-alloy armor is still very powerful and is easier to integrate into society.

    The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute is directly under the jurisdiction of Lizhuang and now has nearly 20,000 employees distributed in five research institutes.  At present, administrative affairs are in charge of his disciple Qian Lin, and management experts from various research institutes have been dispatched to form a joint meeting to assist in handling the matter.  The ERP system here is extremely efficient. Only administrative matters involving technical aspects will be Qian Lin's turn to intervene. Usually, the management office of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute sent from the company headquarters is responsible.

    The Robotics Research Institute is the second largest research institute in the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. Qian Lin is the director here. Junji Nakaoka from Japan and Arnold Jahn from Germany are his deputies.  All three are experts in the field of robotics. Qian Lin is best at overall structural design and AI, Junji Nakaoka is a master of balance and detection systems, and Arnold Jahn is good at power and transmission systems.

    During this time, in addition to designing ma211, they mainly worked on the high-simulation humanoid robot whr5, which walks on two legs and is powered by seb1 super battery.

    The high-simulation robot, internally codenamed whr5, is a male robot controlled by a 100,000-level intelligent brain. It is wrapped in soft plastic and has exquisite workmanship.  Its degree of simulation is higher than most people imagine, and even body temperature and sweat are controlled by a separate system.  The plastic developed by the Medical Research Institute is so close to real human skin that it is difficult to tell the real thing from the fake one if you are not careful.

    Li Zhuang watched whr5¡¯s performance. The design is relatively complete. There are still some problems, but they are not major. The balance system and touch system are both excellent, and the robot¡¯s expression simulation is very realistic.

    "Teacher, what do you think if we make a real humanoid mobile armor?" Qian Lin suggested from the side.

    Qian Lin is a pistachio in the institute, with a baby face. His daughter is in fifth grade, and people often help him introduce partners.

    Li Zhuang couldn't help but feel a little amused when he saw several researchers around him looking at him expectantly.  These people have played with metal exoskeletons, then with super-simulated robots, and finally plan to play with legendary humanoid mechas.

    Within Weisen Technology, where strength is respected, Li Zhuang is very happy to see his disciple become the leader.  What he didn't quite understand was that Qian Lin's research level was indeed good, but it could not overwhelm his two deputies.  To become the director of the Robotics Research Institute, Qian Lin relied on his good reputation and admirable management skills.

    "Okay, although the funds are sufficient, you still have to pay attention to economy and safety if you want to do it." Li Zhuang felt that this thing could be played with, and the data in the process of developing large-scale mechas could serve as a reference for the extreme testing of subsequent models of the ma211.

    There were cheers in the laboratory. Everyone saw that the company's technical reserves were becoming increasingly abundant, and the plots of the previous comics burst out.

    The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute is a major revenue generator in the company, and these guys with high IQs all earn a considerable amount of money.  Li Zhuang's pragmatism has influenced the entire research institute. Everything produced by the Robot Research Institute is an easy-to-use and stable system, and there will be no embarrassing situation of being too high-minded.

    Humanoid mechas have many advantages, but many weaknesses make them not very popular in the military. The ma211 made by the Robotics Research Institute last time is not a mecha. It is essentially an enhanced fully protective metal exoskeleton.  , very practical and effective.

    As an expert in the field of robotics, Li Zhuang is no stranger to humanoid mechas.  This thing has been hotly hyped by the media in recent years. The shocking appearance of Japanese super humanoid robots has made many people look forward to humanoid mechas. However, in the eyes of engineers, this design is full of loopholes.

    First, too many moving parts are prone to failure in fierce battles. The flexibility that seems very good may not be comparable to that of a flying tank that relies on its engine to adjust its direction.

    Second, the humanoid mecha body is not the most suitable for combat.The slender body has many weaknesses, including the power source, cockpit, joints, sighting system, and energy transmission lines. If any point is hit, the mecha will lose its combat effectiveness.

    Third, the humanoid body is not suitable for the installation of force field generating equipment. Either the protective area is too large, resulting in a weak force field, or it consumes energy too quickly. Even if a more advanced antimatter power furnace is used in the future, this situation cannot be changed.  The spreading force field shield requires high strength of the materials that make up the mecha, but it is obvious that among the materials we can currently find, there is no material that can withstand powerful laser cannons and electromagnetic cannons.

    Finally, when controlling the humanoid mecha, too fast brainwave control can sometimes cause trouble.  It is not difficult to solve the problem technically during normal activities, but the amount of data processed during fierce battles is very large. It is quite difficult for the mecha's control system to recognize the pilot's effective and meaningful thoughts.

    As for the rapid hand speeds written in some novels, it is really a frustrating setting. It is said that it is to avoid the nerve stimulation caused by excessive movements.  This is ridiculous, and it is easy to solve this small problem of signal amplification and reduction in engineering.  The sensitivity of pain nerves is not directly related to the speed of movement. No matter how high the technical level of the sensor operating system is, it cannot match the human neural network. There is still a difference between biological network and silicon light-based network.

    Our material world is always wandering between energy and skills, and there will be no third way.

    In Li Zhuang¡¯s view, the greatest use of humanoid mechas is to enhance the individual soldier¡¯s metal exoskeleton, which is cost-effective.  As for some people's fantasies about space air battles, let's forget about it.

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