The Light of Domestic Products: The whole world begs me to sell

Chapter 379 Robot Amy

Why does Hu Lai attach so much importance to bionic robots?

In fact, whether it is the "Qingluan" new energy vehicle of the Phoenix Group or the "Super 2" mobile phone, they are already very mature commercial products in the world.

What Phoenix Group does is to join these industries and become one of them.

Now, the "bionic robot" developed by Phoenix, in a strict sense, although there are a few companies and universities in the global field are researching, but there are very few that have really achieved results, and none of them can be commercially qualified and put on the market. !

You must know that all products in the laboratory and mass production are completely two concepts. Graphene batteries have been developed in the laboratory, but there are still decades before the real commercial use!

It is conceivable that if the Phoenix Group's "bionic robot" can really be mass-produced and put on the market, what kind of sensation it will cause!
Hu Lai also took a look at the robot market a few days ago.

The most common type of robot in the market today is the "sweeping robot".

"Sweeping robot" is a functional robot. Because it is really convenient to clean the room, it has become more and more popular among young families in recent years. The sales of companies headed by "Ecovacs" have experienced rapid growth in the past two years.

The principle of "sweeping robot" is also very simple to say, in fact, an "AI algorithm chip" and a "sensor" are installed inside the robot.

of course.

The better the performance of the "sensor", the stronger the performance it will bring to the "sweeping robot", and the more correct the choice will be.

For example, when a "sweeping robot" encounters a sock on the floor, should it consider the sock to be "garbage" or an obstacle?
If it is garbage that needs to be cleaned, it is obvious that the "sweeping robot" cannot clean the socks at all, and it may even cause the "sweeping robot" to be stuck by the socks and completely unable to work.

The customer experience will be very bad.

Once the "sweeping robot" adopts the most advanced LDS lidar, it can accurately identify objects on the floor, thereby providing accurate data to the AI ​​chip to judge them as socks.

In this way, the "sweeping robot" can adopt a more accurate and reasonable plan.

In addition, "AI algorithm" is also very important for sweeping robots.

Even with the same hardware configuration, there are still big differences in the degree of "navigation sensitivity" and "route planning intelligence" of different brands of sweeping robots.

so.

In fact, in the field of functional robots, hardware performance is one aspect, and software, that is, "AI algorithm" is equally important and indispensable.

In addition to sweeping robots, another common robot on the market is the "delivery robot".

This kind of "delivery robot" can be seen in hotels, hot pot restaurants and even hospitals.

Compared with "sweeping robots", they are simpler in function. They don't need to clean up garbage, they only need to establish map navigation in advance, and then reach the required area according to real-time instructions.

Overall, this type of robot has a larger volume than a "sweeping robot", and also has a stronger mobility.

But the function is very limited, mainly to transport items.

The other most common robots on the market are voice assistant robots such as "Xiaodu Xiaodu", "Tmall Genie", and "Xiaoai Xiaoai".

This type of robot is also developing rapidly now, although it does not have the mobility of a "delivery robot", nor the functionality of a "sweeping robot".

But after so many years of development, the "voice assistant robots" of various companies have expanded from the initial "playing songs", "reading Tang poems" and "telling stories" to become "voice control centers".

For example, the "Xiao Ai Classmate" of Rice Group.

Once you have "Xiao Ai" at home, the "smart curtains", "rice TV", "washing machine", "lights" and other smart homes in your home can be controlled by "Xiao Ai" voice to control the opening and closing of curtains, TV, etc. Change the channel, turn on the air conditioner and other operations.

Although the "Xiao Ai Classmate" of Dami Group is sometimes not very sensitive, it has to be said that combining the smart home at home through "Xiao Ai Classmate" is indeed a bit like a control center.

The above types are the most common mass-produced robots in the current market, and the reason why Hu Lai attaches so much importance to them is because he knows that the bionic robots obtained from the lottery in the system are completely different from the mainstream robots in the market now!

What they are going to develop and produce is similar to humans, with limbs, palms and joints, and even each joint can move freely!

A "bionic robot" like a robot in a sci-fi movie!
Such robots have completely subverted all types of the market. Once mass production is realized, it will definitely attract the attention of the global market and directly subvert the entire robot industry!
Hu Lai and Director Zhang walked quickly into the Phoenix Research Institute and went straight to the "Robot Research and Development Laboratory".

Although Hu Lai, the most difficult and core technology of "bionic robot", has provided drawings and production instructions, in fact, the production of a "bionic robot" requires a lot more spare parts and circuit control than imagined.

The more sophisticated the instrument, the more it needs to be debugged, and the accuracy of the material is higher. In addition, the "bionic robot" also needs algorithm correction and adaptation.

It is enough to prove that the research and development team is very dedicated and hardworking that the staff of the research institute can produce and debug successfully in just a few months.

When the two had just entered the laboratory, there was a sudden sound of metal touching the ground in their ears.

Taking a closer look, there are three engineers standing in the middle of the spacious laboratory, two of them are holding notebooks in their hands and are constantly recording data, and about three meters away from the three of them, a robot is walking in circles around the three of them.

The sound of Hu Lai and Factory Manager Zhang opening the door and coming in caught the attention of the three of them, and they all looked at Hu Lai.

But when Hu Lai nodded slightly, unexpectedly, the robot that was circling stopped suddenly, and the two cameras on its head looked directly at Hu Lai.

Hu Lai was stunned for a moment, and an indescribable feeling suddenly enveloped his heart.

After a while.

He reacted, with a surprised look on his face, and looked at the robot in surprise.

ah this? !
Although it is only a very subtle movement, but... the movement of the robot is too human-like, right?
Without any voice commands, the actions and reactions of the robot in front of him were exactly the same as those of the three people in the lab!
To stop by yourself and look at yourself? !
This... is this too "bionic"?
Hu Lai didn't expect that the robot in front of him would give him a wonderful shock, and he quickly looked at the engineer Du Ming in the middle of the laboratory.

Seeing Hu Lai's shocked expression, Du Ming was also extremely excited, and explained:

"Mr. Hu, Mr. Zhang, you are here at the right time. This is the first 'bionic robot' we have successfully built——Amy, it's so cool!"

"Robot Amy?"

Du Ming nodded heavily, and continued to introduce:
"It stopped to look at you just now, and it recognized you and Director Zhang walking in through the two 3D high-definition cameras on its head, and then the 'AI chip' in its body automatically made judgments and choices."

"So you feel that its actions are very human-like, but in fact its current behavior control is controlled by an 'AI chip'."

"Look, Amy is still looking at you and Director Zhang, which proves that she is very curious about you now."

After finishing speaking, Du Ming said to the robot Amy:
"Amy, this is our boss, Mr. Hu, and the other is our general manager, CEO, Mr. Zhang."

Hu Lai looked at the robot Amy with great interest. Unexpectedly, the signal light on Amy's head flickered, and then a synthetic sound sounded.

"Hi boss, hello Mr. Zhang, I'm Amy, and I've known you two since the beginning."

Although they were prepared in their hearts, when they actually heard Amy's greeting, Hu Lai and Director Zhang couldn't help but feel shocked from the bottom of their hearts.

This is the power of technology!

But what they didn't expect was that Amy didn't stop after saying hello. Instead, she took a step forward and walked up to Hu Lai and Director Zhang, and slowly stretched out her right hand and shook hands with them respectively!
!!!

This artificial intelligence, this AI chip!

Isn't this too similar to human behavior? !
I have to say that the "AI algorithm program" given by the system is too simulated!

At this moment, Du Ming, who was on the side, saw the shocked expressions on the faces of the two biggest bosses in the group, and continued to introduce:

"Boss, Mr. Zhang, this is the first time Amy sees you two."

"After meeting you this time, the facial features of the next two will be recorded in Amy's built-in 'hard disk'. The next time I see you, it will automatically recognize you, and it will even be with you after getting familiar Take the initiative to say hello."

"And did you see how it came walking just now?"

"" We have been unable to solve the mechanical problem of the normal walking of the 'bionic robot'. This time, with the help of your technical drawings, we finally overcome this difficulty! "

"Now we know that the upright walking of the 'bionic robot' requires not only the ingenious design of the mechanical mechanism, but also the simultaneous correction of the AI ​​​​algorithm, so that the combination of the two can truly make the robot walk upright like a human being!"

Hu Lai nodded.

Du Ming said that the robot's "memory and recognition function" is not difficult, and a similar function has already been realized in the "Qingluan" car.

He also knew about the upright walking function through the technical documentation provided in the system, so it was not too surprising.

Unlike many people's expectations, many people think that the difficulty of "bionic robots" lies in item recognition and AI algorithms.

But in fact, in the manufacture of "bionic robots", the most troublesome and difficult thing must be the mechanical structure.

As we all know, humans rely on the balance of the body and the coordination of the cerebellum to achieve upright walking, but robots are purely mechanical structures. It is easy to stand upright, but it is very difficult to walk smoothly!
This involves a problem of the force and angle of forward movement. For humans, it is a perception instinct, but when placed on a robot, it needs to be controlled by chips and sensors.

It can be said that realizing the feature of upright walking alone can make the Amy robot one of the top robots in the world!
"In addition to achieving smooth walking, all 56 degrees of freedom (joints) have been realized in the technical documentation you provided, and the 28 degrees of freedom on the hand are already very adaptable!"

"According to our current version of the algorithm, Amy has mastered the correct use of a watering can, a teapot, and even a broom."

After listening to Du Ming's introduction, Hu Lai's eyes lit up, and his sense of anticipation grew stronger.

Can the Amy robot in front of me realize the use of tools?

In anticipation, Du Ming instructed Amy directly:
"Amy, pour the boss a glass of water."

"Ok."

The crisp electronic sound echoed in the laboratory, and after a while, Amy turned around and walked towards the kettle on the laboratory bench.

Hu Lai never took his eyes off Amy for a moment, and saw that although Amy was a little bulky, she still picked up the kettle from the experimental bench accurately in the bulky mechanical movements, poured a full cup into the teacup, and then picked it up The teacup walked towards Hu Lai.

Although the whole movement, including picking up the teacup, seemed very jerky, Hu Lai was still shocked again in his eyes.

Hey guys, this is a real robot that finds the teacup autonomously, fills it with water, and brings it to itself.

Although this series of human beings is very simple to do, but everyone in the industry knows what it means?
To be honest, it is not difficult for robots to accurately identify objects through high-definition cameras, and many driverless cars can also identify images of objects through cameras!
But the difficulty lies in realizing the 3D positioning of items through camera images, and finally allowing the robot to accurately find the items.

The most powerful thing is!
Not only did the Amy robot find the item, but it picked up the tiny teacup with its robotic hand!
Boy, this is fine work!
As we all know, the human body has more than 100 joints in total.

Taking the most common palm as an example, a palm has more than a dozen movable joints, which can easily hold a teacup, lift things, or even pick up a small embroidery needle.

but.

It is not a big problem for a robot to grasp large objects, but the more it wants to do fine movements, it must have a mechanical skeleton that moves like a human being, which requires an extremely strong and precise mechanical control structure!

Without a doubt, Amy Robot did it!
Hu Lai felt even more pleasantly surprised, and took a sip of the tea cup handed over by Amy with satisfaction.

Immediately afterwards, Du Ming continued:
"Boss, in fact, we only found out after debugging these days that Amy's mechanical structure is equipped with 'AI intelligent algorithm', and Amy's ability is far more than that!"

"Ok?"

Hu Lai looked at Du Ming curiously, waiting patiently for him to continue.

"After we did a lot of data learning on Amy, we found that Amy has an extra function."

"Like watering the flowers with a watering can."

"According to our original idea, we just need to tell Amy to water the flowers, and then Amy will perform the watering operation."

"However, after Amy has done a lot of data learning, now she can not only recognize the types of flowers, but also judge the amount of watering each time through the learned knowledge."

"We have done a test. If the time between two waterings exceeds 4 days, Amy's second watering will reach 500ML; will be very few."

"We are even thinking that if Amy learns more and more knowledge and recognizes more and more types of flowers in the future, she may be better than the master's gardening!"

Fuck, can it still be like this?
Hu Lai was dumbfounded, and instantly felt the power of the Amy robot!
(End of this chapter)