When I am reborn, I just want to be a top student

Chapter 184 Robot Contest, Drones

After chatting with Xu Songyao, Wang Donglai went to the laboratory to find Zheng Hua, the principal who didn't look like a principal.

Logically speaking, as a principal, he should spend more time in the office managing school affairs, or going to meetings across the country, etc.

But Zheng Hua is not like this.

After becoming the president of Tangdu Jiaotong University, he still maintained his previous habit of going into the laboratory when he had nothing to do.

After all, in addition to his status as principal, he also has an status as an academician.

Although Xu Songyao is also the principal, he still carries the word "vice" after all.

For some things, Xu Songyao's words don't count, Zheng Hua still has to make a decision.

After bidding farewell to Xu Songyao, Wang Donglai went directly to the laboratory of Tangdu Jiaotong University to find Zheng Hua.

As an expert in the field of automatic control, Zheng Hua is actually more like an engineer than a manager.

"But don't worry, there will be no problem with what I agreed to with you before I left."

Wang Dong was speaking in general terms, but Zheng Hua's eyes were shining.

He turned his head, looked at Wang Donglai on the side, and asked aloud: "How is it? Are you interested in developing in this area?"

but……

Zheng Hua's expression became serious, and he asked again with a trace of curiosity.

After being excited for a moment, Zheng Hua calmed down.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he invited Wang Donglai to join this field.

"Well, I do have this idea and plan to develop in the field of artificial intelligence, so I am coming to see you, principal, to learn from you."

Although I don’t pay much attention to school affairs management, I still have the most basic management skills.

The two walked to the office outside the laboratory and sat down. After pouring tea, Zheng Huacai then asked: "You came to the laboratory just to tell me this, right?"

Zheng Huacai clapped his hands and stood up straight.

It's not that Zheng Hua's academic strength can surpass Wang Donglai's, but with such an academician in a related field sitting in charge, his breakthroughs can naturally be made more natural and not appear abrupt.

"This is not easy to do. You have posed a difficult problem for me. Tsinghua University will definitely not change the rules easily. But this opportunity is not bad. With the academic status of you and Qiu Chengtong, maybe it will really work. It can cultivate several top-notch mathematical talents in the country."

"Uh-huh?"

Wang Donglai did not make any noise to disturb Zheng Hua, but stood aside and waited quietly.

It can be said that after spending more than 20 years in Tangdu, I still have some feelings for Tangdu Jiaotong University.

"Okay!"

With a big boss like Zheng Hua here, he would naturally not miss it. With Zheng Hua's academic status and academic ability, he can greatly help Wang Donglai's progress in artificial intelligence.

"I have handed over this matter to Professor Qiu. When the time comes, Professor Qiu will communicate with them. If it succeeds, everyone will be happy. If not, then we will just create another competition." Wang Donglai said it lightly, but his tone was different. full of confidence.

By the way, it can also improve China's mathematics level to another level.

Wang Donglai originally had this intention, so he naturally agreed.

Wang Donglai simply gave a reason without saying much.

His ancestral home is Tangdu. He received his undergraduate and master's degrees at Tangdu Jiaotong University, and has been working at Tangdu Jiaotong University since 1994 until now.

After half an hour.

"Come on, sit here and chat." Zheng Hua pointed to the office on one side and said to Wang Donglai.

Zheng Hua hesitated for a moment and then said this to Wang Donglai.

He has the confidence to say this because he has the ability.

"You young people!" Zheng Hua heard the meaning of Wang Donglai's words, shook his head and sighed.

"Well, there is indeed something else. When I was at Harvard, I discussed something with Professor Qiu Chengtong, and planned to change the rules of the original Qiu Competition. At that time, it will be held by major prestigious universities, increase prize money, and strengthen training. , to enhance academic content.”

Wang Donglai said something ambiguous, which seemed a bit strange, but Zheng Hua didn't put his mind on it.

Hearing Zheng Hua's words, Wang Donglai was not surprised at all, because Zheng Hua is now 61 years old and has almost reached retirement age. Retiring is not a surprise.

"Artificial intelligence? Why are you thinking about developing this area again?" Zheng Hua's brows furrowed more and more tightly. He was not very excited, but rather worried.

When I saw Zheng Hua in the laboratory, he was adjusting the data of a machine, concentrating on it, and showing a very obvious love in his expression.

In this case, Zheng Hua would become the sinner.

"Artificial intelligence is the future, and the mathematics I am good at can also play some role in this aspect, and maybe it can also promote some other breakthroughs for me."

Zheng Hua agreed casually, then reacted and let out a surprise.

"No, are you serious?"

"Principal, we can't say what will happen in the future. We will only know when it happens."

But if such a future top mathematician suddenly changes his research direction to a bottomless research field like artificial intelligence, it will probably greatly affect Wang Donglai's development.

"This matter is not urgent. Let's wait and see how Qiu Chengtong communicates with the other side. If everything goes well, it's okay. If not, we'll talk about it then. Maybe by that time, I won't be the president of Tangdu Jiaotong University. , and the subsequent matters will be left to others to deal with."

Wang Donglai is a truly international mathematician. As long as he follows the steps, he will definitely be famous all over the world.

"Since you are interested in artificial intelligence, I welcome it. When working on big data models, your mathematical skills can save a lot of things. If you need support from the school, just say that the school can meet it. I will definitely try my best to satisfy you.”

"By the way, the application materials for outstanding students will be sent to you later. You just need to prepare the materials and submit them to the school in accordance with the above requirements."

Suddenly something occurred to him, and Zheng Hua said to Wang Donglai.

Wang Donglai asked curiously: "Isn't the selection of outstanding youth already over?"

"The past is in the past, but it doesn't affect you. Hand in the information first. Then it depends on whether it will come with next year or if it is a special matter." Zheng Hua patiently explained to Wang Donglai said.

"Yes." Wang Donglai nodded, indicating that he understood.

……

After talking with the school, Wang Donglai started his own action.

The topic of artificial intelligence sounds high-end, but in fact it is not as presented in TV movies.

Make an intelligent AI of a virtual character, and then ask people to order the intelligent AI to do things.

Even the simplest artificial intelligence requires a large amount of data and information. Therefore, in the first step, Wang Donglai first used the super server prepared in advance by Galaxy Technology to store the data and information needed for preparation.

Then, I modified my code data while studying.

Try to make the programming more complete and avoid too many BUGs.

Artificial Intelligence is a very broad concept.

Under this, there are more sub-fields.

At Wang Donglai's current level of disciplines, it is actually not easy to improve artificial intelligence on his own.

If only the non-core coding was handed over to Galaxy Technology programmers, the time required could be greatly reduced, but Wang Donglai rejected this idea without even thinking about it.

Because he had high hopes for this artificial intelligence, which linked many subsequent plans.

Naturally, he was worried about letting others get involved. He was not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case.

Not only Wang Donglai was busy, but others also secretly held their breath because of Wang Donglai's growth.

So as soon as school started, everyone got busy.

Among them, the robot team formed by Xue Tao and Ma Rui was the most active.

We are all of the same age, and have all been admitted to Tangdu Jiaotong University, and we are in the same dormitory.

Although the relationship is very good at the moment, as Wang Donglai's achievements become greater and greater, these old friends will only gradually be marginalized if they don't make progress.

Whether it is for themselves or for this friendship, they must improve themselves.

They agreed to Xue Tao's guidance on the robot, so after they had figured out the plan and other general things, Wang Donglai found them in the study room.

In the study room.

Wang Donglai frowned as he looked at the design plan and the competition rules of the National College Student Robot Competition that Xue Tao handed him.

In fact, this was his first contact with him.

Just like the National College Student Modeling Competition of the Higher Education Society, if you don't have contact, you won't know this information at all.

This is a university. There are many possibilities. You can participate in competitions, study for graduate school, take public exams, join clubs, or even start a business on campus.

Competitions have relatively high requirements, so they are relatively rare.

The National Robot Competition will start next month, and it can be said that time is not abundant.

The theme of this year's robot competition is also very simple, called 'Greening the Planet'.

The rules are also very simple. The competition area is divided into the earth (with the latitude and longitude mark in the middle of the field), the space area, the manual area, and the automatic area (the red and blue areas in the field respectively). There is the moon in the space area (located in this area). The prime meridian is a wooden disk placed flat on top of a cylindrical column). During the competition, the manual robots of both parties will first place the 'seedlings' into specific areas on the earth, and then the two robots will collaborate to send the 'seedlings' to the moon to achieve the purpose of greening the planet.

Seeing such competition rules, Wang Donglai immediately imagined various exquisite robot shapes in his mind.

But when he saw the ideas and machine models prepared by Xue Tao and others, he didn't know what to say.

These few people are not incompetent. Even the three girls, Wang Qingchen and Chen Mengni, who were thrust in to make up the numbers, knew the importance of this event and worked hard.

Therefore, the plan of a few people is actually quite good, at least it can meet the competition standards.

But in Wang Donglai's eyes, it was simply extremely crude.

It was simply not as delicate and delicate as the super-intelligent robots he had seen.

"The plan you designed is not very good. I think even if you enter the competition, it will be difficult to win!"

Because they were all acquaintances and relatively close to each other, Wang Donglai didn't shy away from anything. He just told the truth and didn't embellish anything.

Regarding Wang Donglai's comments, several people were not surprised.

They all already agreed that Wang Donglai was a genius, and it was normal to know more, even if he was a robot.

"First of all, the appearance of the machine you designed is not up to standard, it is too crude and has no aesthetic appeal."

"Secondly, regarding the rules of the competition, you are still limited to traditional thinking, without bold thinking and breakthrough thinking. For example, why does it have to be this shape? Could it be that if you change it to another type, you can't complete the competition task?"

"Finally, the technical content of your plan is not enough, so it will be difficult to win an award."

Wang Donglai put down the plan that several people had worked hard to prepare and expressed his opinion.

When they heard Wang Donglai give three reasons with good reason, the eyes of several people suddenly lit up.

"Donglai, what you said is very clear. You design a plan for us and we will be responsible for executing it!"

Wang Qingchen looked happy and said this to Wang Donglai hurriedly.

Xue Tao and Ma Rui's expressions were slightly stagnant, but they did not speak.

Although Wang Donglai didn't notice the change in the expressions of the two people, he could have imagined this. If he really designed it himself and asked them to do what he wanted without moving, then who would be competing?

He came here, firstly, to see their ideas and plans, and secondly, to guide them in thinking, not to think for them.

Shaking his head, Wang Donglai glanced at a few people and said, "Okay, I said I'm just giving you pointers, you still have to do the real work."

"Just in time, I've prepared your division of labor."

"Second sister is in charge of programming, Xue Tao and Ma Rui are in charge of electrification, Guo Xing is in charge of logistics, and Mengni is in charge of purchasing materials."

"I'll give you a plan. Abandon the original robot model and replace it directly with a drone."

"The competition rules do not stipulate the type of robot. It must be running on the ground. You can completely use drones to compete. This competition may not necessarily be about technology, but it will also test you to a large extent. Creative ideas.”

"Of course, if you want to use drones, you have to do a lot. Image recognition, information processing, obstacle avoidance, etc. These are all difficulties you have to overcome."

When Wang Donglai came here, the expressions of several people became a little depressed. In fact, just thinking about what Wang Donglai said, several people felt weak in their hearts.

The difficulty of the drone is much higher than the previous plans they put together.

Another meaning of high-end is difficulty. It is not that difficult to realize this idea.

Of course, a few people also know that if a drone is really built to compete, there will be a prize anywhere, as long as the drone can fly without any problems.

Wang Donglai naturally noticed the changes in the expressions of several people, and deliberately paused before continuing to say: "But don't worry, since I proposed it, there will definitely be a way for you to realize it, but you also have to come up with twelve Otherwise, it might be really difficult to complete it. After all, I’m just a guide, and I won’t overwhelm you.”

"I'm just waiting for your words from Donglai. With these words, I feel relieved!" Ma Rui was the first to agree.

"Don't say 12 points of energy, just 20 points will do!" Xue Tao also said with a smile on his face.

Naturally, the three women had no problem and nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)