Interstellar Mecha Life

Chapter 27

Gu Zhifeng seemed to have no intention of interacting with the students, walking up and down the podium and talking loudly.The students below either whispered to each other, or were in a daze, or looked at something irrelevant, but they didn't pay attention to him.

Perhaps the only person in the classroom who can listen to it is Qi Yue.

"Why do mechas have to be in human form?" Gu Zhifeng talked eloquently, "Maybe you will refute that not all mechas are in human form? There are also flying eagles, fish forms, animal forms, etc... But the orthodox set Human mechas are widely used in all aspects of human life such as combat, rescue, commercial performances, etc., and more than 90.00% of them are humanoid. Why?" He asked forcefully.

Someone below laughed and joked: "Because we are human."

The whole class burst into laughter.Who would have thought that Gu Zhifeng suddenly raised his voice again, shouting: "Yes! That's right! Because we are human!"

"Because we are human, we know ourselves best. Even in space, the setting of our legs and hands does not help much. Even in water, the human body is not streamlined, and the resistance is greater than that of a fish. But the human body The body is the easiest to operate and grasp for all human beings. Not for anything else, because we are also in this shape. Because of this, you can master many basic movements as long as you learn them briefly. How about running? When exerting force and jumping, squat down first, turn somersaults and lower your head, put your hands on the ground...you don’t even need to explain why—because you know that’s what you usually do.”

Qi Yue fell into deep thought after listening.To be honest, she had thought about this question before.She once imagined that in the best case, if she could make a mech like Transformers, which would turn into a fish in water and a bird in space, that would be the best solution.It's just that transforming a mecha is easy to say, but it's too difficult to do.With her current ability, it is absolutely impossible to do it.

On the podium, Gu Zhifeng said: "You are all future mecha pilots, and you should have at least touched the mecha and entered the cab by now. I think 80.00% of you will be in the cab after entering the cab for the first time. It feels like - why so many buttons.

"In the standard mech stance room, there are [-] action keys except for the variable number of function keys. These [-] action keys will be the most commonly used and must be memorized by you. Just sit in the cab , Even if you close your eyes, you should be able to press the buttons you want correctly, so that the mecha can make correct actions.

"In the years to come, if you are not particularly good, or if your family is particularly rich, these [-] action keys will accompany you all your life until you retire.

"So can anyone tell me, of all the action keys, which ones are the most important?"

There was a buzz among the students who were doing it, but no one stood up to answer.Some people say it's the running button, some say it's moving left and right, some say it's squatting and standing up...

Gu Zhifeng didn't intend to wait any longer, and said directly: "It's the muscle key group. It's in the lower left corner of the one hundred and eight action keys, including nine shortcut keys and an auxiliary keyboard expansion key."

As he said, a schematic diagram appeared on the huge screen behind him.

"Click the expand button, and you will be able to see the buttons corresponding to all the muscle groups in the mech. This is the core of the mech's movement. The movement keys you usually press form, walking, running, jumping, standing The actions, etc., are actually programming the order and strength of pressing these basic muscle keys. They correspond to the main muscle groups used by the human body in daily activities! Unfortunately, almost 90.00% of the drivers I will never unfold this keyboard more than ten times in my life. Why? The reason is also very simple. They are extremely difficult to control. If it is not programmed in advance and used rashly, it is not impossible to cause the disintegration of the mecha. You know what the human body usually does Many simple movements are completed under the coordination of multiple muscle groups. It is difficult to achieve such fine coordination under the control of human hands."

"Then some people may ask, what does what I said have anything to do with the humanoid mecha mentioned earlier?" Gu Zhifeng asked himself and answered, "The answer is of course it does. And it has a lot to do with it."

"Everyone must have seen different levels of mecha performances. Have you ever noticed that what is the most likely problem in a mecha performance? That is the loss of balance of the mecha. That's right, it's not a mechanical failure, it's not a power failure, and it's not The other reason is that the pilot lost control of the mecha during the action, causing the mecha to lose its balance and fall to the ground. The lower the level of the pilot, the more likely this problem will occur.”

"So what's the reason? In the final analysis, it's not that the pilot doesn't understand mechs, but that he doesn't understand the human body and himself enough. If he understands the human body, then he should know that when a person loses balance, he will How to do it, you will also think of how to use the muscle keyboard to mobilize the limbs of the mecha to maintain the balance of the body."

"But this is the driver's mistake, it's the driver's sorrow, but not the mecha designer's mistake. In fact, the humanoid mecha provides the driver with the greatest convenience. If the driver can refer to himself, he can Operate the suit in a smart way and he can be a great pilot. That's not possible with any other shape of the suit."

When Gu Zhifeng said this, the students present were still in a daze.Some people even deserted and simply refused to listen.

Even Qi Yue frowned and listened in pain.She had to admit that she knew very little about these things and was slow to understand them, but she had a vague premonition that what Gu Zhifeng said was quite important.

She understood and digested while listening, until the end of get out of class, she barely understood the meaning of Gu Zhifeng.And the word "understanding" was like piercing through a layer of window paper, which made her suddenly enlightened, and she suddenly had a feeling that her understanding of mecha had reached a new height.

So she didn't seem to hear the two of Claude calling her, but rushed out after class, and came to Gu Zhifeng.

"Mr. Gu, hello." Qi Yue hurried to catch up with Gu Zhifeng, "I think your explanation of the humanoid mecha just now is very impressive. But I have a question to ask you, why the mecha must have a driver. room? Why can’t it be controlled remotely?”

Gu Zhifeng stopped, turned his head, stared at Qi Yue with protruding huge eyes, and asked, "The human eye's resolution limit, visual reaction time, and signal time. If you don't understand these, please ask me again. "

Unexpectedly, Gu Zhifeng didn't answer directly, but left behind a few key words.

Claude and Angel had already caught up at this time. "How? Did you ask?"

Knowing that they were talking about the instructor, Qi Yue chased after him and stopped in front of Gu Zhifeng: "Mr. Gu, I think I probably understand, but I still don't understand. I don't know if you have time now." Can you hear me?"

Gu Zhifeng's face clearly showed an expression of impatience, but he still said after all: "Okay, let's talk here."

"The reason for not setting up the cockpit should be related to the humanoid mech you talked about in class. First, we can compare the movement of the human and the mecha. Ordinary people encounter emergencies, from receiving signals to making actions. The reaction has to go through three processes, biosignal reception, biosignal processing, and the execution of biosignal instructions. The mech is more complicated, the mech receives the signal, the driver receives the biosignal, biosignal processing, and sends out the instruction. The mech accepts and executes instructions...but it also processes biological signals and sends out instructions. The former is instinctive and spontaneous, but the latter requires long-term practice.

"The advantage of the humanoid mecha is that the driver can handle emergencies as compared to himself, shortening the process of biological signal processing. As you said, people are most familiar with people. The second character does not refer to the human body itself, It's the appearance of a person.

"As for the inability to use remote control, it is also because remote control seems to improve safety, but it reduces the efficiency of biological signal reception, and many sensitive and subtle changes cannot be responded in time."

"Very well said." Gu Zhifeng was a little depressed, and his eyes were no longer impatient, but changed into another expression.He was obviously interested in the student in front of him: "Do you have any questions?"

Seeing that he had stabilized him, Qi Yue paused and said, "My question is, do you still remember the DREAM mecha team?"

Gu Zhifeng was taken aback, and said, "What is that?"

really.

Qi Yue and Angel looked at each other.She signaled the other party to come forward and explain to Gu Zhifeng.After all, Angel is their current captain, and Qi Yue is just a rookie.

After a simple explanation, Gu Zhifeng frowned and said: "I remember. But since it was agreed at the beginning that you can't disturb me for no reason, it's a deal. Now that you come to me, I won't help you .”

"It's not for no reason." Angel said, "If you don't help us, our mecha team may not be able to persist. Is this what you don't want to see?"

"What do you mean?" Gu Zhifeng said.

"It means that if our mecha team is disbanded and you are going to be a free agent again, I'm afraid a lot of trouble will follow, right?"

The school stipulates that each mecha team can have up to 5 instructors.Each teacher can only guide one mecha team at most.

Gu Zhifeng's knowledge and strength are there, and there are many mecha teams who are interested in him.However, he himself is afraid of trouble. He always thinks that these mech teams made by the students are just children's play games, and he doesn't care about them at all.At the beginning, he was so annoying that he found a small mecha team and offered to be their instructor, on the condition that they would not bother him.

For the big mecha team, this is almost impossible.However, the small mecha team is hard to say.

Gu Zhifeng was very lucky. DREAM did not bother him much after its establishment, allowing him to live a stable life.

Only now the trouble finally came.

"So what do you want me to do?" Gu Zhifeng grinned, "I don't have any money." When he spoke, there was a playful expression on his rather scary face.

Angel said: "We have found a company that is interested in investing in us, and we need you to give us a reference. We are afraid that we will be deceived."

In the end, Gu Zhifeng promised that they would attend the formal negotiation with the 'Percent' company and help them check.

The three breathed a sigh of relief.

On the way back, Claude couldn't help asking Qi Yue: "What do you mean by what he said in class? Did you understand?"

"probably."

"Let's talk about it? I've been dazzled by him." Claude was completely convinced by Qi Yue at this time, he didn't regard her as a freshman at all, and would ask her if he didn't understand.

"A simple analogy. When you watch mecha performances, you must have seen mechas lose their balance and fall on their backs. Falling backwards and falling on their backs, this is the most typical form of mechas losing their balance. If this happened to a human, how would you deal with it?"

Claude thought for a while and said, "Will you reach out to support the ground?"

"That's right." Qi Yue said, "But the mecha doesn't know how to do it. Why? Because among the [-] action keys on the mecha's keyboard, none of them is the action of pushing back on the ground. In fact, there is no way Design such a button. Because the angle of loss of balance, force, and distance from the ground must be temporarily calculated, it is impossible to design it in advance.

"However, without pre-design, it doesn't mean it can't be done. If you open the muscle keyboard, every 'muscle' of the mech is designed corresponding to the human body. As long as you understand them, you can flexibly control them. Swinging arms backwards, standing on the ground... a series of actions can be done. As long as he knows himself enough, he also knows enough about the mecha. But think about it, if the mecha is designed in the shape of a bird, a car or something else Shape. How can a person refer to his own reaction to command the mecha? Even if he understands the mecha well, there will be emergencies that he cannot deal with, and there will be limits that he cannot control... "

When Qi Yue said this, he couldn't help yearning: "A good mech pilot is like what Teacher Gu Zhifeng said, he must know himself enough, be sensitive enough, understand the mecha enough, and have enough sense of control." Quick response. But what he didn't say is that he still needs a good mecha... a humanoid mecha that can be operated by him according to his own design!"

(End of this chapter)