Chapter 374: Hidden Technology
"This is an industrial robot independently developed by our company, which can be used to replace people in sorting and packing, spraying, welding, high-speed palletizing and other operations....."
Zhao Gong stood next to him and explained backwards.
As the head of the mechanical laboratory, every part of this robot is the result of the efforts of many researchers in their department.
The R&D process is arduous and inadequate.
Although Infinity is known for its high benefits and flexible work, most of them are fully enjoyed by administrators in computer departments and office areas.
Most of the researchers in the six major laboratories work more than 12 hours a day.
It has happened from time to time that researchers have died of overwork.
This is not a corporate squeeze, but a spontaneous act of many researchers.
Especially when you stand at the relatively forefront of technology and cannot make a breakthrough, the more you can realize the technological gap between you and the West.
Take the field of high-end manufacturing as an example, many core components are extremely dependent on imports.
This makes researchers engaged in related professions not in the mood to rest at all.
Every year, the company gives researchers a month of paid leave, but in practice, less than 20 percent of the people who should take leave in accordance with the regulations every year are on vacation.
Most people, nominally on vacation, are still silently doing research at home, and some people go to other researchers and borrow laboratories from others, and sometimes they are bumped into by Chen Weidong and Lin Zeju, and at most they laugh embarrassedly and devote themselves to research again.
Their words are similar, the company has given them rich material rewards, they have no worries about food and clothing, and their children are also taken care of by the company, and they have no regrets.
A generation has a generational mission.
Next, they should take advantage of the company's good research environment, make a little achievement, and leave their name on the road of scientific exploration.
They do this both for their own personal gain and for the public's sake.
Companies can't force them to stay at home, and they can only turn a blind eye.
"This robot is amazing! But it doesn't seem to have any extra wires on it, so what energy source does it rely on to drive it? Just when everyone was amazed by the powerful control ability of this robot, a representative of the consortium suddenly asked.
This sentence instantly woke up the others, and when they took a closer look, they found that the robot was also moving freely under its feet, and there was no power cord or anything like that.
Could it be that what energy storage equipment is installed in the body of the robot?
As they suspected, the inside of the robot contains a special high-energy battery.
The unique odorous chlorine enhancement and winding technology is adopted, which can be applied to various occasions with different current rate requirements while maintaining a high current rate, stable performance, and a wide range of application temperatures.
With a strong battery life, it only takes five or six hours to charge it once, which is enough to keep this robot running for a week.
The most commendable thing is that under the same storage capacity, the volume of this high-energy battery is only a quarter of the size of other batteries.
This makes it very light.
The body structure of the robot is also made of a carbon fiber composite material.
As a result, the weight of this robot as a whole is only half of the weight of an ordinary person.
"Mr. Chen, I don't know if your battery technology can be applied to other fields, such as automotive ......."
Max suddenly walked up to Chen Weidong and asked emotionally.
"Absolutely! This is also one of the directions of our commercialization. ”
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Receiving Chen Weidong's personal confirmation, Max was overjoyed, and even ignored the surprised eyes of so many people, and put forward a request for cooperation on the spot.
The members of other institutions who came to the survey also realized the huge value contained in this, and threw out different degrees of conditions, wanting to carry out in-depth cooperation, or hoping to purchase complete technology.
No matter how bad it is, it is possible to obtain patent authorization.
Chen Weidong did not make any decisions, but told them to calm down, and when the shareholders' meeting is over, there will be commercial negotiations on some new technologies.
This is not only to recoup the funds, but also to prepare for the next plan.
As we all know, in integrated circuits, the number of transistors doubles every two years, and the battery capacity cannot double in two years.
The backwardness of battery technology is not actually a matter of funding, but more of a physical limitation, and the laws of nature do not allow the development of battery technology so fast, because every time a new electrode is launched, it will bring more safety problems.
When it first entered the 21st century, graphene batteries were also favored by many people.
However, researchers at Infinity have found that graphene only improves the thermal and electrical conductivity of batteries, and cannot completely change the dilemma facing the battery industry.
As a result, the development of battery technology has repeatedly hit a wall.
Although this new battery technology mastered by Infinity cannot be described as a milestone, it is definitely a leap in the history of human energy.
When the research came here, many people had mixed feelings in their hearts.
Huaxia people are silent, and suddenly they come up with mature robot and battery technology, which is too shocking!
According to the information, didn't they only make the first humanoid robot in 2000? And it's very clumsy, full of sensors, and can only make some simple walking commands.
Judging by this, they should only have the technology of the 60s of the United States and the Soviet Union.
However, in the blink of an eye, in the past few years, they have even developed such a sophisticated robot, and it has been applied to related professional fields.
Looking at the proficiency, it is already on par with the middle and senior skilled workers in Europe and the United States.
This technological leap is too disparity!
The disparity made the representatives of the consortium almost unable to turn their brains.
However, while they were talking, Chen Weidong suddenly said that he wanted to have a separate meeting with the representatives of shareholders holding more than 3% of the shares.
The reason is that the place to be visited next is a trade secret and is not within the scope of their research.
Before they could react, a team of security personnel quickly rushed in, telling them to stay here for a while and not to move around.
This move caused some institutional personnel to be very dissatisfied, believing that Infinity was treating minority shareholders differently, and some even clamored to publicize their rude behavior to the outside world.
Chen Weidong shrugged his shoulders and asked him to go out and take care of himself.
According to statistics, there are only four foreign shareholders holding more than 3% of the shares: Rockefeller, Morgan, Blackstone Investment, and Boston Consortium.
The representatives of these four consortia, of course, have no objection to this.
Any information can only be valuable if it is in the hands of a few.
The group followed Chen Weidong's footsteps through the maintenance factory and came to the adjacent materials laboratory.
The interior of the laboratory has a strong modern style, and the walls and floors are made of special alloys.
The light hidden in the walls illuminates the room very brightly, reflecting a silvery white light.
It's just that in this lab, there's nothing.
There were no furnishings, no tables or chairs, and even the adjoining cubicles were empty.
"Mr. Chen, you are ......"
Max and the other three consortium representatives looked at the inside of the laboratory in astonishment.
In Zhao Gong's hand, there was an extra remote control at some point, and he pressed it.
Not far away, a metal wall suddenly and slowly parted, revealing an elevator-shaped compartment.
"Please follow me." Chen Weidong took the lead, followed by Director Li, Chen Jie, Zhao Gong, and four representatives of the consortium.
The elevator slowly sank and it took about three minutes before it finally stopped.
After that, they walked through a winding corridor for a long time before they came to a huge secret room.
In this huge space, the sound of mechanical rotation echoes, and the crackling sound of electric sparks can be heard from time to time, and a very large machine is placed in this space of hundreds of thousands of cubic meters.
On the other side of the glass wall, there are rows of cabinets, and various signal lights are flashing, which seems to be the control room of this large machine.
There are several researchers in it, with the help of some instruments, to test the data of the material.
Chen Weidong pointed to the large machine and said, "Independent laboratory, the greatest invention developed by our company!" ”