Chapter 254: Machines
In the 2016 Zhuhai Air Show, Xinyuan also participated, and it was much heavier than the last time.
In terms of aerospace, of course, most of the models and PPTs are still available, several space shuttles are not available, and the actual machine is only an engineering test machine developed in the early stage of the explorer robot.
On the aviation side, it is interesting to note that a team of 11 GJ-21s of Meteor Aircraft arrived at the show and will perform frequent air shows for the next two weeks.
In addition, the An-1250 No. 1 aircraft B4043 will also have a flight show, which is a simple low-altitude passage, but with its huge fuselage it must be very ornamental.
Speaking of the An-1250, we have to mention the tortuous round-the-world flight plan, after months of difficult negotiations, finally won the B4143 license to fly over dozens of countries.
The flight is expected to take place at the end of November, with Guinness World Records crews departing from Xinyuan and flying over the island nation and the Pacific Ocean via Aramco and back from Europe, which is expected to take about 50 hours.
Now the B4143 is being refurbished and meticulously maintained at the B-class base, and 50 hours of high-intensity continuous flight requires the most adequate preparation.
The rest of the exhibition items are actually the main focus of Xinyuan this year: artificial intelligence.
As soon as Zhou Qingfeng entered the exhibition hall, he went straight to the platform of Xinyuan, although they had already arrived early, there were already many people gathered there.
The exhibits surrounded by the crowd were very special, and they also attracted Zhou Qingfeng's attention at once:
Large, humanoid robots, or more colloquially: mechas.
Now in 2016, when the mighty body of the "warrior" appeared in front of people, it immediately shocked the "soil buns" who had never seen the world.
The engineer of the microelectronics department stood next to the booth with an expected expression on his face, and proudly lifted his black-rimmed glasses.
This time, the Warrior No. 1 was exhibited, but it was not equipped with "courage" AI, it was just an empty shell, but it was indeed an empty shell that could be used in real action.
As in the factory test, the Warrior 1 is also suspended from a fixed bracket with chains, but instead of a treadmill, it is a special large universal treadmill that can move in any direction.
Lifting the robot is also to avoid accidental falls, not to cause much damage to the machine, mainly because the weight of more than 200 kilograms is close to the upper limit of the universal treadmill, if you fall, the treadmill may be damaged.
Although it is the same principle as the universal treadmill used in VR equipment, this one is specially customized and costs a lot of money!
The two chains on the shoulders of the Warrior One did not affect its domineering spirit in the slightest, but in the eyes of everyone, it looked like a huge mecha lifted by a helicopter in the Pacific Rim.
Zhou Qingfeng had already automatically overlapped the Wanderer Mecha and the Warrior No. 1, and stars appeared in his eyes.
He took advantage of his size to squeeze to the front, and looked at the announced Warrior No. 1 introduction:
"Brief introduction of 'Warrior I Ground General Humanoid Assisted Operation Robot':
Height: 2113mm
Weight: 266~307 kg (depending on equipment installation)
Maximum loadable weight: 1150 kg
Maximum speed: 85 km/h
……”
A series of parameters made Zhou Qingfeng's eyes light up, he didn't know that most of them were theoretical data that could not be realized for the time being, and he would only keep exclaiming.
In his eyes, the blue-black Warrior No. 1 is already a super mecha that can go to the sky and the earth with an electromagnetic cannon in a science fiction film, and the Terminator T800 is a current version.
Seeing that there were more and more people, Zhang Wei, who was dressed in a jumpsuit, walked into the exhibition area from the backstage until he stopped next to Warrior No. 1, and there was also a universal treadmill under his feet.
Then, with the help of two staff members, Zhang Wei's five fingers, hand and foot joints, and waist were installed with various equipment, and finally a helmet connected to many wiring harnesses hung from above.
When Zhang Wei put on these equipment, he already looked similar to Warrior No. 1.
The crowd of onlookers watched Zhang Wei in confusion, and it was not until the latter was prepared that the staff picked up the microphone and introduced to the crowd and the camera:
"There are quite a lot of dangerous environments in life, such as fires, leaks of dangerous raw materials in chemical plants, floods, earthquakes, etc., at this time, rescuers are in extremely dangerous environments, and one of the ways that Warrior One can be used is that it can be remotely controlled by humans to enter these environments instead of us to complete the rescue.
The Warrior 1 robot is similar to the human body, resistant to high temperature and water, and can continue to be equipped with protective measures, which is enough to replace humans, and is now demonstrated by our operator Zhang Wei. ”
Zhang Wei waved his hand to the audience, and then pulled down the VR display screen with his gloved fingers, Warrior One didn't know when it had been slightly lowered, the soles of his feet were completely bottomed, his lowered head was raised, and the screen next to the booth lit up synchronously.
The footage shown is exactly what was captured by the Warrior One's head camera.
There was a signal from the headset that everything was ready in the background, and Zhang Wei raised his right hand first and grabbed it in the air.
There was an exclamation of "wow" from below the booth.
Because on Zhang Wei's right, Warrior No. 1 raised his right arm flexibly and flexibly without delay, and opened his five fingers to grab it.
At the same time, because all joints have synchronization sensors, the whole body of the robot has also been slightly adjusted, and there is no stiffness at all, and in the eyes of everyone, Warrior One seems to have suddenly "lived" and is full of spirituality.
Zhang Wei, who had already been proficient for a long time, skillfully did a few test movements, confirmed that the subsystems of all parts of Warrior No. 1 were normal, and began the demonstration that had been rehearsed many times.
Zhou Qingfeng watched Warrior No. 1 suddenly walk up on the treadmill, moving smoothly and naturally, and couldn't help but widen his eyes and watch carefully.
For non-AI control, it doesn't mean that AI is not needed at all, as long as the data of the synchronized operator is obtained.
Although the speed of information transmission is the speed of light, if it is a simple signal reproduction, it still takes processing time, and after all, there is still a huge gap between robots and humans, and the underlying AI system must cooperate.
Now Warrior No. 1 is still equipped with specially tuned AI, and he has a considerable degree of understanding of his own movement habits by using Zhang Wei's long-term training database, and with the deliberate cooperation of AI, he can achieve such an extreme smooth movement.
As for why not to show "courage", the main reason is that its training process is not over, as a completely self-learning AI, its mode is completely different from the conventional thinking, everything is obtained from learning, without massive sample learning, the performance of "courage" is absolutely unsatisfactory.
With the cooperation of Zhang Wei and the Warrior No. 1, the latter's display was perfect, except for the collapse and jumping movements that were not carried out in order to prevent the destruction of the universal treadmill, everything else was perfect.
Even a few minutes after the display, the universal treadmill on the sole of the Warrior No. 1 was turned off, and Zhang Wei directly controlled the robot, strode to the edge of the display platform amid the exclamations of the onlookers, gently lowered his body, and stretched out his metal palm to the stunned Zhou Qingfeng.
Zhou Qingfeng looked at the extremely tall Warrior No. 1 standing in front of him, and stretched out his little hand tremblingly, completing a meaningful handshake.
And the staff of the aerospace science and industry and the northern weapons exhibition area next door didn't know when they came over, and looked at the Warrior No. 1 who interacted flexibly with many audiences in amazement.
(End of chapter)