Yangcheng Honda is a customer in Nanshan and a major customer of Yangcheng Huaqiang Plant.

For Honda cars, Cao Yang naturally also knows something.

In fact, Cao Yang has specially learned about the history of the world's major car companies.

After all, when you're having dinner with a client, if you don't know the history of their company, sometimes it's hard to find a topic.

But Honda's robots, he really didn't pay much attention to them.

"Mr. Cao, Honda is actually the most unserious among the international auto giants."

"In addition to automobiles, Honda is the world's largest motorcycle company, not only occupying a large market share in China, but also a very high market share in Southeast Asia."

"Then they also make speedboats, lawn mowers, snow plows, ATVs, generators, and more."

"In 2000, it officially entered the field of humanoid robots and launched the first generation of ASIMO robots."

Li Shigui was very glad that he came to participate in the exhibition in advance and learned about the various exhibitors.

Otherwise, I really won't be able to answer some questions today.

"Mr. Cao, look." When the group crowded next to Honda's showroom, Li Shigui pointed to the robot that was demonstrating his functions and said, "This is Honda's robot, called ASIMO." ”

"I guess this is their latest generation."

Along with Li Shigui's words, Cao Yang and the others paid attention to the white robot on the booth.

At this time, it was naturally Mi Ying's turn to help translate the narrator's words.

"ASIMO, like humans, has hip, knee and foot joints."

"Honda's engineers were 'well-intentioned' at the beginning of the project."

"They spent a lot of time studying insects, mammals, and the way mountaineers move their legs."

"These studies not only helped engineers better understand the fundamentals of human walking, but also provided a valuable reference for designing ASIMO."

Mi Ying's translation is very professional, and she will use whatever tone the other party has to translate.

It doesn't make people feel drowsy when they listen to it.

"For example, when humans walk, they maintain balance by moving their center of gravity and swinging their hands back and forth, which is also the basic principle of ASIMO walking."

"In addition, the toes also play a very important role in walking, they help us maintain balance, just like the feet of ASIMO."

"Moreover, ASIMO's feet are designed to resemble human soft tissues, using shock-absorbing materials to absorb the impact on the joints during walking."

"It can be said that ASIMO's walking system is based on the principle of human walking, and integrates the leg movements of insects, mammals and mountaineers, thus becoming an 'evolutionary' version of human walking."

Along with the commentary, the white robot on the stage was also walking, and also waved to greet everyone.

This immediately caused quite a reaction.

Even many people spontaneously gave applause.

"Mr. Cao, it is very difficult to make ASIMO walk like a human, and it is unbelievable that Honda's ASIMO can do this now."

"When it comes to humanoid robots, their technology should be industry-leading."

"But there is still a lot of work to be done to truly walk like a human being."

Li Shigui added his views on the side at the right time.

"When a robot walks, it will be affected by the gravitational pull of the Earth, as well as the inertial forces caused by acceleration or deceleration. The sum of these forces is called the total inertial force. ”

Mi Ying glanced at Li Shigui and Cao Yang, and then continued to translate, "When the robot's foot touches the ground, it will be affected by the reaction force from the ground, which is called the ground reaction force. ”

"In order for our ASIMO to truly walk like a human, all these forces have to be balanced, and the goal of ASIMO is to find a posture that can balance all the forces."

With the presentation of ASIMO, more and more people were attracted to it.

It seems that Honda's robot has become the first dark horse of this World Robot Conference.

"Mr. Cao, humanoid robots are the most cutting-edge research projects in the field of robotics, and the future development potential is also very large."

"Especially if a breakthrough can be made in artificial intelligence in the future, the application scenarios of humanoid robots are even more worth looking forward to."

"The most important thing is that humanoid robots have unparalleled advantages in publicity, which can directly attract the attention of a large number of ordinary people, thereby greatly enhancing the brand power of robots."

"I think the Robotics Division will not officially launch the humanoid robot project in the future."

Taking this opportunity, Li Shigui proposed a new direction for the next step of development.

As the head of the robotics division, he naturally hopes that the business will be as wide as possible.

"This kind of human robot is more difficult to study than industrial robots."

"Are you confident that you can do it?"

Cao Yang naturally agreed with Li Shigui's proposal.

However, you can't mention anything to the people below, and you will immediately agree to something, right?

So he simply took this opportunity to test Li Shigui to see what his vision was.

"Compared with industrial robots, humanoid robots are indeed more difficult."

"For example, artificial intelligence algorithms, research in this area has only just begun."

"Humanoid robots need to achieve human-like behaviors and emotions, and they need to have sophisticated AI algorithms. These algorithms need to involve multiple fields such as machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing, and require very high technical and cost investment. ”

"There will also be much higher requirements in terms of body structure, after all, humanoid robots need to have a body structure similar to that of humans, including bones, muscles, joints, etc. This requires the intersection and integration of multiple fields such as materials science and robotics. ”

"In addition to this, humanoid robots need to be able to precisely control their body movements to achieve human-like movements. This requires the implementation of high-precision motion control algorithms and hardware systems. ”

"Finally, in terms of emotion and cognition, this is a more cutting-edge research direction. Humanoid robots need to be able to perceive and understand emotions, and behave and respond accordingly. This requires the intersection and integration of multiple fields such as psychology and neuroscience. ”

"Although these are difficult, as long as qualified humanoid robot products are researched, his application scenarios are also very wide."

With such a good opportunity to draw a big pie for his boss, Li Shigui naturally used his power to sort out and explain what he learned in his head and what he learned from his recent research on various cutting-edge papers.

And Cao Yang's patient listening to the lecture also made Li Shigui realize how correct his choice was to join Nanshan.

"In which fields do you think humanoid robots have great application prospects in the future?"

Now that the assessment has begun, it is natural to ask more questions.

Cao Yang is the one who knows the answer, now look at Li Shigui's statement, how different it is from the answer he knows.

"I think the application of humanoid robots still has a very wide future, and it can be found in all walks of life."

"For example, in the service field, humanoid robots can provide customer service, entertainment, nursing and other services in hotels, restaurants, hospitals, banks and other places to improve user experience and service quality."

"We can also find opportunities in the field of education, such as for education and teaching, science popularization and other fields, to provide students with a vivid and intuitive learning experience."

"In addition, it also has its own uses in the entertainment and medical fields. For example, performers, hosts, robot singers, etc., which can be used as entertainment venues to provide interactive entertainment experience for the audience; Or it can be used for patient care, psychological counseling, surgical simulation, etc., to provide support and assistance to medical staff. ”

Li Shigui said a lot of reasons at once.

It seems that he really has thought about this problem.

"Since you think the future of humanoid robots is very broad, let's do a good job."

Cao Yang didn't ask anything more, and directly agreed to Li Shigui's plan.

Next, the ASIMO performance at the Honda booth was almost over, and Cao Yang continued to look at the situation of other exhibitors.

Toei Fujikoshi's Flex series robots.

Panasonic's Vision series robots.

Repetitive task robots from Rockwell Automation, USA.

Warehousing and logistics robots from Eastern Automation, USA.

A variety of robots from Eaton Industrial

……

Taking advantage of the moment of the World Robot Conference, everyone came up with their own fist products.

It also made Cao Yang realize that there are actually a lot of competitors in Nanshan.

It's just that in China, everyone is familiar with the companies in Dongying, plus Kuka and ABB.

In fact, there are far more companies in the world that research robot products, and even in some more subdivided fields, the advanced degree of robots in the United States will not be worse than that of Dongying.

If Nanshan Robot wants to become the industry leader completely, it seems that it still needs to continue to work hard.

Now it's just the welding machine robot and other robots that have been modified around this product that have made a name for themselves in the industry.

However, this afternoon, Nanshan's NS-Roboter 200 conference is expected to further attract everyone's attention and make everyone realize that there is such a strong robot company in Huaxia.

And when Cao Yang was looking at other people's fist products in various exhibition halls, people from other manufacturers were doing similar things.

"Commander Tanaka, the attention of the media and the audience this morning was attracted by Honda's stage."

"Although their ASIMO robot technology is not necessarily much stronger than that of our Kawasaki Heavy Industries, they are shown in the way of humanoid robots, and the impact they bring to everyone is very different."

"In particular, in one of the sessions, it also brought a cup of coffee to the audience."

"Now on the homepage of Yahoo Dongying, there are reports of their ASIMO."

"On the contrary, our robots basically don't have too many people paying attention, and this situation is very different from what everyone expected."

Yutake Ishikawa stood in the Kawasaki Heavy Industries robot exhibition hall, looking at the little crowd, and his mood was a little depressed.

"No matter how high the level of Honda's ASIMO robot is, no matter how much attention it attracts, we don't have to worry about it in particular."

"It's just a concept product, and it's not on the market yet."

"And ASIMO wasn't designed for the production floor of a factory."

"In this case, Honda is not our competitor at all, they have always been our customer."

"Today they attracted so much attention, and no manufacturers jumped out to express their dissatisfaction."

"That's because no one sees it as their competitor."

Although Masanaka Tanaka is engaged in research and development, he sees the problem very thoroughly.

No matter how strong ASIMO technology is, everyone doesn't have to worry, no need to be envious, no need to be jealous.

Just like at an auto show, no matter how much media and audience attention Ferrari and Rolls-Royce attract, Chery and Geely will not care.

We are not competitors in one region at all.

Do you envy that pigs can eat and sleep, sleep and eat?

"That's right, but luckily Honda's ASIMO is just a concept robot."

"However, if you want to attract everyone's attention, you still need this kind of conceptual robot."

"I think the company can launch a similar concept robot next year to attract everyone's attention."

"Maybe when promoting our industrial robots, it can have an unexpected effect."

Ishikawa Yubu drew inferences from each other, thinking that Kawasaki could learn from other people's practices tomorrow and attract a wave of traffic.

"Didn't you say that Huaxia's Nanshan robot might be today's dark horse?"

"Just past their booth, there are only various extensions of the NS-Roboter 100 series on display."

"Although the parameters of their robot are very good, even stronger than our newly developed welding robot, I don't think there is any need to worry about it."

"There is only one product, and there is no way to pose much of a threat to us."

Tanaka is honest and still looks down on Huaxia's enterprises.

I feel that the other party's products are impossible to truly surpass Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Even if some data is already in front of you, everyone will selectively ignore it.

This morning's visit, in particular, corroborated his suspicions.

Nanshan, it's not as powerful as Fanuc and Kawasaki Huaxia people say.

"But I heard that the robotics exhibition they reported to the organizers was in the afternoon."

"Is there a chance that they will come out with a new product?"

When Ishikawa Yutake said this, Tanaka Masachi was stunned for a moment.

Is there any new product in Nanshan that hasn't been showcased?

It's a possibility.

However, Nanshan's background in the field of robotics is so weak, even if they have any new products, it should be like that, right?

Right?

(End of chapter)