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The place Cheng Yuan and others are going now is the New Hope Research Center in Sweden. Unlike the robot factory that was attacked by the demonstrators, it is not in the city center, but on an independent island outside Stockholm.

Due to the remoteness of the island, there is no subsea subway, and only two bridges connect it to the outside world.In the past, this place used to be a private manor, but after it was acquired by Vivienne, it became the research center of the Orstein Group, which is known to outsiders as the New Hope Research Center for the development of universal robot technology.

That's right, although Cheng Yuan has always used the guise of construction robots, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the robots Cheng Yuan built are a series of general-purpose robots, not just for construction.

The helicopter flew very fast, and after a while, it landed on the tarmac in the center of the island. There were already a lot of people in black suits and white coats waiting there. Seldom armed with guns to guard against soldiers in camouflage uniforms, you can tell at a glance that this is not a place to be taken lightly.

The leader among these people is naturally Cheng Yuan's old friend Alfonso. This guy may not look young, but he has a good brain. He not only has a way of doing research, but also has a way of dealing with people. He belongs to the type of technocrat.

After the group met, due to the presence of outsiders, it was inconvenient for Alfonso and Cheng Yuan to say more. They just shook hands and greeted briefly, and then Cheng Yuan and his group were invited into the reception room to rest.

Of course, when we got here, it was actually Cheng Yuan's own territory. What we did before was just to put on a show in front of Wang Tao and others, revealing a little information to the Huaguo government, and after we got to the reception room, we would part ways.

Sure enough, when a group of people came to the reception room, a white humanoid robot brought tea immediately, and the accompanying staff in white coats explained to Wang Tao and Shen Hong.Talk about how this kind of robot can replace manpower, how it can interact with humans and machines, etc.

After listening to the explanation of the staff in white coats, Shen Hong and Wang Tao couldn't help being curious, and started to have a voice conversation with the robot, and found that the robot could really understand what they said, and make a certain response, and even made cold jokes.

Seeing that the two of them were beginning to be attracted, Cheng Yuan and Fanya left here on the pretext of having something to do.

Of course, the reason why Cheng Yuan can leave so generously.It's also because Wang Tao and Shen Hong are just bodyguards, and they have a little monitoring task by the way, but they are not single-minded, idiots who don't know how to adapt. Hello everyone.

Originally, this visit was Cheng Yuan's business.They are just entourage.

After throwing away Wang Tao and Shen Hong, only Cheng Yuan, Fania and Alfonso remained, and everyone became less reserved.After all, they are all members of an organization.

"If the team leader can come here in person, we really hit a wall." Alfonso said in Chinese with a smile.

"Break into ashes when you run into a wall?" Cheng Yuan blinked, "It's luxuriant, and the pronunciation is not accurate... By the way. You can actually speak Chinese? When did you learn it?"

"Hehe, I learned it a few days ago." Alfonso smiled, "Since I knew that the team leader was coming to investigate. I have been studying for a week, and finally I can speak Chinese briefly. Hey, speaking of it, this Chinese is really difficult. It took me only two days to learn Spanish and three days to learn German."

"Really." Cheng Yuan smiled, "It seems that the green flash still has some effect."

"Of course it works." Alfonso suddenly became excited, "I haven't eaten green flash before, so I don't know the beauty of this kind of thing. It doesn't mean that it will give you illusory pleasure, but it will actually improve your body. IQ level, let you think faster, judge stronger, and be energetic all the time!"

"It seems that you like this kind of life." Cheng Yuan nodded.

"Yeah." Alfonso sighed, "If Shuozhiqi first took the little blue pill, I still had some scruples and hesitated, but everything that happened after that, especially after taking the little green pill Afterwards, I felt that my previous life was in vain!"

Speaking of this, Alfonso narrowed his eyes, showing an intoxicated expression: "Do you know what it feels like to have a super memory and super fast thinking? You know what it feels like to be energetic all the time Is it? That kind of problem that you couldn’t solve in the past, the pleasure of being easily solved by you now, that kind of scene where the whimsy is constantly emerging, you can’t understand it at all unless you are there. It’s a kind of The flash of wisdom is the ultimate pursuit of human beings, and it is also the greatest enjoyment of human beings! Compared with the pleasure of the explosion of intelligence in the brain, money, women, and the like are nothing!"

"It seems that you have finally found the path you wanted, and you are ready to go on, which is good." Cheng Yuan nodded, "People always have to pursue something, and a life without pursuit and faith is sad."

"Yes." Alfonso also nodded, "It is my greatest blessing to be able to join the organization and to be able to do my research so heartily. I am proud to be a member of the organization."

"It's a bit too much." Cheng Yuan smiled and shook his head, "Okay, don't talk about showing loyalty, after all, what you do is seen by the organization... Let's talk about your new achievements, Aren't we here to see your results?"

"Yes, yes, that's true." Alfonso smiled, then raised his hand, "Please follow me, and I will take you to a place."

After speaking, Alfonso led the way, and soon came to an electric car, got into the cab himself, and let Cheng Yuan and Fania get into the car.

After Cheng Yuan and Fania got into the car, Alfonso drove into an underground tunnel, and drove in the tunnel for 10 minutes before stopping in front of a metal gate.

Next, Alfonso got out of the car, entered the password in the keypad in front of the smart lock in front of the door, and irradiated his own iris, and then the metal door opened with a bang.

After the door opened, Alfonso said: "Please follow me, this is the production factory of the simplified version of the robot."

Nodding, without speaking, Cheng Yuan entered first. After entering, it was still a corridor. After walking through this corridor, he opened a door and saw a spacious workshop inside.There is a complex three-dimensional assembly line inside, almost no one can be seen inside, most of them are mechanized operations, and those mechanized assembly lines are modeled by robots, the whole feeling is like watching a science fiction movie.

"How about it? It's cool." Alfonso said proudly when he found that Cheng Yuan and Fania were staring blankly, "Doesn't it feel very sci-fi?"

"A little bit." Cheng Yuan nodded, "It's really shocking."

"This is the charm of mass production." Alfonso smiled. "Actually, the 3D printed prototype robot is stronger, but as far as the production process is concerned, it is far less impactful than this large-scale production line."

"Indeed." Cheng Yuan nodded, walked forward, watched the robots being hoisted up one by one, and then put on parts, "Are these simplified versions?"

"Yes." Alfonso said, "The main parts of these robots are made of steel, not carbon fiber nano-steel and other materials. Coupled with large-scale assembly line operations, the cost will be very favorable. However, it is steel after all. Compared with robots made of 3D printed nanomaterials, there is still a gap."

"How big is the gap?" Cheng Yuan asked.

"It's hard to say how big the gap is. After all, it's not intuitive enough just to say that." Alfonso shook his head. "Actually, the gap is mainly reflected in the power output. After all, nanomaterials are lighter and stronger. The utilization rate of power is also It is taller, and the steel material is a bit bulkier, and there will be some loss in power output. But it is not serious. In fact, the robot that served tea and poured water you saw before you came here is this kind of steel robot, you have also seen it , His movements are very flexible, but his expression is a bit dull."

"Oh." Cheng Yuan nodded, "That's not bad, what is the power system of this steel robot?"

"The power system is all driven by electricity." Alfonso said, "In order to reduce costs, these robots are equipped with batteries and are divided into different versions.

Among them, for the low-end version for families and ordinary factories, we use lithium polymer batteries, which can be fully charged at one time, and the robot can work continuously for twelve hours.Moreover, this kind of robot can also be directly plugged into AC power, which can fully meet the needs of families and ordinary factories.

As for the high-end version that needs to work outdoors, we chose hydrogen fuel cells. After using hydrogen fuel cells, the robot can work continuously outdoors for seven days, and it is easy to replace. Just replace a battery and continue working. "

"That's right." Cheng Yuan nodded, "It's pretty good, but in terms of battery energy, you need to work harder."

"Don't worry, we are working hard on public relations." Alfonso said, "At present, we have designed several high-efficiency and low-cost fuel cells. If the tests are completed, they can be promoted and marketed."

"Very good." Cheng Yuan nodded, "By the way, before I came here, I saw a crowd of demonstrators storming a factory. Is that where you produce robots?"

"Yes." Alfonso nodded, "I have heard about your previous experience. In fact, the place you saw is just one of the factories we set up outside, not all of them. The reason why that factory attracts People came to demonstrate, mainly because the factory there is a factory specializing in the production of robot soldiers, which has a certain sensitivity, so it caused unnecessary panic among some people, and was not liked by the police.”

"Robot warrior?" Cheng Yuan frowned, "No wonder, let me tell you, with the shrewdness of the Swedes, how could they fail to see the benefits that robots can bring to them? After all, this is a dose to maintain their high-welfare society Good medicine. It turns out that what they opposed was not robots, but the militarization of robots.”

"Who says no?" Alfonso said, "Swedes just like to worry about things and make a fuss."

"The production of robot warriors is indeed very sensitive. Who told you to militarize robots?"

"No way, this is requested by the Swedish military." Alfonso shrugged his shoulders. "They came to visit the factory earlier, especially after asking about the cost, they immediately placed an order for the production of a batch of military robots. Because the order The profits are huge, so we specially assembled a production line and modified part of the control program to produce military robots. This batch of military robots includes humanoid robots, spider robots and robots in the shape of armored vehicles. Of course, those robots are The high-end version uses fuel cells, so it is powerful and fully qualified for general military operations."

"I'm not asking whether your robots are qualified for military use. I'm talking about the impact. We need to ensure that the robots don't get involved in the army too early. This is in the best interest of all of us." When Cheng Yuan said this, he suddenly shook his head, " Forget it, it’s useless to tell you these things, I’d better find someone else, in short, you hurry up and stop the robot militarization factory, and stop engaging in robot warriors.”

"But the loss will be huge." Afang Suo said, "First of all, the production line we built is expensive, and second, the military has signed an agreement with us. If we violate the agreement, not to mention the high compensation, The point is that this will offend the military, which is not a good thing.”

"You don't have to worry about this matter." Cheng Yuan smiled, "It's just that, don't the Swedes like to care about national affairs? Don't they like to parade and demonstrate and participate in politics? Then make things bigger and make the discussion of robot warriors more exciting. Be enthusiastic and let the public opinion stop the military order. As long as the Swedish military cancels the order, then you will be fine."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yuan paused, and suddenly said: "Speaking of this, it suddenly occurred to me that those militarized robots can be used as policemen instead of soldiers... Alfonso, what do you think of changing those military robots into How about being a policeman?"

"Police? Robocop?"

"Yes."

"Well, I think it should be good." Alfonso smiled, "I've seen the movie about the mechanical police, it's pretty good, it's a cool decision. As for technology, it's not difficult, just need to input more Instructions, and let the robot paint the robot logo."

"That's right," Cheng Yuan continued, "Robots can be paired with ordinary human police, so that the pressure of insufficient police force can be greatly relieved, and the problem will be less sensitive."

"Yes." Alfonso smiled, noncommittal.

That's right, he is responsible for the production of robots, as for how to use the robots after they are produced, that's none of his business.

"Okay, I've almost seen it here, and that's it." Cheng Yuan continued to ask, "I'm not just here to watch this, what I'm most interested in is actually what you said. projects, such as nanochips, and 5g mobile communication systems.” (To be continued..)