Just as Ke Rin found out about his admiration, the others also showed expressions of amazement.

Tang Jie's mecha used a new skeletal design, a type of skeleton that had never been seen on any mecha before.

The design of the skeleton structure is related to the stability and load-bearing capacity of a mecha, and it will also affect the overall design of the mecha.

The so-called "double A" bone design is to regard the main bone structure of the mecha as two A-shapes, the upper A is inverted to support the upper body of the mecha, and the A-shaped structure of the lower part supports the lower limbs.

Such a design has good support and good load-bearing performance, but it is slightly less flexible, especially where the upper and lower parts are combined, which is fragile and prone to problems.

The "double A" type has a relatively low cost of bone design and low difficulty in manufacturing, so it has been widely used in various mechas.

Tang Jie's skeletal structure is a completely new design, and instead of the common "double A" structure, she has a structure called an X-shape.

This X-shaped bone structure is a more advanced design with better stability, better load-bearing performance, and no of the problems common to "double A" structures.

However, to create such a bone structure, a high level of craftsmanship is required, and the main bone structure must be processed at one time, and welding methods cannot be used, and most mecha factories do not have such technology.

Although Tang Jie's Starlink manufacturing uses such manufacturing technology, the production cost is very high, so it is impossible to use it on a large scale for mass-produced mechas.

In fact, Tang Jie wanted to use this kind of bone design on the mecha made by Starlink a long time ago, but the high cost made the enterprise prohibitive.

Now that Tang Jie has the opportunity to design her own mecha, she immediately used this design, and when she presented the first draft of the design in front of everyone, it was no wonder that everyone showed expressions of amazement.

"This kind of mechanism is very novel, it is more reasonable in terms of stability, and the scalability is better than that of double A, why didn't the previous mecha adopt this design?" Shangguanzaki's eyes were vicious, and he immediately discovered the crux of the problem.

Tang Jie replied: "The reason is very simple, this X-shaped mechanism has high requirements for the manufacturing process, so the cost is very high, and most mecha factories cannot afford such a cost. ”

Shangguanqi nodded in understanding.

Ke Rin said: "These manufacturers only want to make money, naturally they can't make the best things, I have modified many mecha before, and some manufacturers' mecha are really enough." ”

Liu Yi stared at the design for a while, frowned slightly and said: "If the manufacturing cost is too high, we won't make money even if we make it, can such a product be accepted by the market?" ”

Tang Jie explained: "The X-shaped structure has many advantages, which are well known in the field of mecha research and development, and the biggest problem is cost. However, just because other families can't do it doesn't mean we can't do it too. Since we want to take the business route of R&D, it is our task to overcome the technical difficulties, if we can't do it, don't want to go down this road. ”

"You mean we're going to find a way to bring down manufacturing costs?" Liu Yi asked.

"The purpose of research and development is to overcome these difficulties, as long as we overcome these difficulties, our mecha will be able to lead others, and we are afraid that we will not be able to make money at that time?" Tang Jie said confidently.

Liu Yi nodded and said: "You're right, if we can really overcome this difficulty, our mecha products will definitely be a great success, but we don't have experts in this area here, do you have any way?" ”

Tang Jie shook his head and said, "I can't help it, if I had a way, Starlink Manufacturing would have started producing mecha with this structure a long time ago." So we have to find a way to reduce the production cost of making this skeletal structure from now on. ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Qi and Ke Rin didn't seem to have much confidence, although they were familiar with mechas, they were mainly familiar with operation, and they didn't know much about production and manufacturing than others.

Liu Yi also fell into deep thought, he didn't expect Tang Jie's first design to pose a huge challenge to everyone.

You must know that this problem is not even overcomeable by large enterprises like Starlink, and it is even more difficult for them to do it with a new factory that has just started.

However, Liu Yi agrees with Tang Jie's idea very much, since it is necessary to take the R&D route and overcome various technical problems, it is naturally the primary goal, and if they can't do this, their products will not be able to compete with large enterprises.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Yi finally said: "Okay, I support your idea, let's give it a try, as long as we overcome this difficulty, we will continue to benefit from it in the future." In this way, even if it costs a little more money and time, it is worth it, and if we can't do it, it only proves that we are still not good enough. ”

Tang Jie was worried that Liu Yi would oppose his design, after all, he had to challenge such a problem at the beginning, which meant that the company would not be profitable for a long time, and a practical person like Liu Yi would probably not agree.

However, what he didn't expect was that Liu Yi actually supported Tang Jie's idea, which made Tang Jie's heart very moved, and he almost burst into tears.

Seeing that there were tears rolling in Tang Jie's eyes, everyone asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" What did we say wrong? ”

Tang Jie smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that my eyes are a little uncomfortable, maybe my eyes have been too tired recently." ”

Since Liu Yi expressed his support, others naturally will no longer object, but they are still a little worried in their hearts, can they really overcome such a problem with their current technical strength?

Then Tang Jie continued to introduce her design, due to the use of X-shaped mechanism design, which allowed Tang Jie to boldly adopt a lot of unprecedented designs, so that the whole scheme was full of surprises.

In the end, Tang Jie concluded: "If we can solve the cost problem of mecha bones, other problems can be easily solved, and the final cost will definitely be reduced to a reasonable range." ”

After listening to Tang Jie's words, everyone was full of expectations for this new type of mecha, and now the biggest problem is the cost, as long as this problem is solved, the others are not a big problem.

Next, everyone raised all kinds of questions, and Tang Jie answered them one by one, and there were almost no questions that could stump him.

Previously, many people were still full of doubts about Tang Jie as a designer, but now almost everyone admires her so much that no one doubts whether she is capable of being a designer of mechas.

After another two weeks, Tang Jie presented the revised plan to the public, and this time there were many fewer problems from the public, and Tang Jie's design was getting closer and closer to the real feasible plan.

A month later, the final plan was finally introduced, and the new factory was busy, and various components began to enter the manufacturing stage.

Most of the parts of the mech can be produced, and some are directly off-the-shelf, but the skeleton part of the mech has to be developed from scratch.

The bones of the mecha are like the beams and pillars of the house, which play an important role in supporting the entire mecha, so the quality of the mecha bones is directly related to the quality of the entire mecha.

In order to achieve an X-shaped bone structure, a series of technologies were required, which were extremely challenging for the new plant.

Liu Yi and Tang Jie not only participated in the research themselves, but also mobilized everyone to find solutions to the problem from different channels.

Liu Yi even asked his mentor Yu Wensong to help him inquire if there were any experts in this area, and he was willing to pay a high price to hire him.

Yu Wensong was a little surprised when he heard that Liu Yi was researching and developing a mecha, because Liu Yi had never studied and researched in this area, and he didn't expect to enter this field now.

However, Yuwensong is still happy for Liu Yi, after all, Liu Yi is now a person with his own industry, and if the mecha is completed in the future, Liu Yi will soon become a rich man.

Yu Wensong promised Liu Yi that he would try his best to inquire for him and inform him immediately if there was any news.

Tang Jie was not idle, she had many discussions with the experts of Starlink Manufacturing, and at the same time called up all the previous research materials for research.

In fact, the X-shaped skeleton is not a new thing, it was developed a few years ago, and Starlink Manufacturing also tried to develop it.

When after a series of researches, the staggering cost finally scared off the experts of Starlink Manufacturing, and the Tang family had no choice but to give up.

Now Tang Jie wants to develop the X-type skeleton again, which makes many experts in Starlink manufacturing scoff, and some people are even ready to see jokes.

Tang Jie knew this, but since she boasted about Haikou, she had to carry this matter to the end no matter what, otherwise others would definitely say that she was just a fool who was messing around with the money in her family.

In order to carry out research and development, Tang Jie almost lived in the factory, and did not leave the office for many days, and his desperate appearance made those workers feel admired.

Liu Yi is also conducting research, but his approach is completely different from Tang Jie's, because Liu Yi pins his research hopes on artificial intelligence.

First, Liu Yi persuaded Lu Gang to agree to use the military's artificial intelligence system. Liu Yi, who had participated in the defense system of the imperial capital, knew that the military's artificial intelligence system was much more powerful than the common ones.

Although Lusteel can't use all the functions due to permissions, some of them are powerful enough.

Liu Yi wrote a model and then handed it over to the artificial intelligence to experiment until it found an effective way to reduce costs.