Chapter 255 Machine

Xinyuan also participated in the Zhuhai Air Show in 2016, and it was much more intense than the last time.

In terms of aerospace, of course, most of the models and PPTs were still displayed. Several space shuttles were not available, and the only actual machine on display was an engineering test machine developed by the early Explorer Robot.

In terms of aviation, it was interesting. The Meteor Advanced Training Aircraft Performance Team composed of 11 GJ-21s arrived at the air show and will perform frequent flight performances in the next two weeks.

In addition, the first aircraft of the An-1250, B4043, will also have a flight performance, which is a simple low-altitude pass, but it is definitely very ornamental with its huge body.

Speaking of the An-1250, we have to mention the tortuous round-the-world flight plan. After several months of difficult negotiations, B4143 finally won the license to fly over dozens of countries.

The flight plan is expected to be carried out at the end of November, starting from Xinyuan with the Guinness World Records staff, first flying over the island country and the Pacific Ocean via Aramco, and then flying back from Europe. It is expected to take about 50 hours.

Now B4143 is being prepared and carefully maintained at the B-level base. 50 hours of high-intensity continuous flight requires the most adequate preparation.

The remaining exhibition items are actually the focus of Xinyuan this year: artificial intelligence.

Zhou Qingfeng went straight to Xinyuan's platform as soon as he entered the exhibition hall. Although they had arrived very early, many people had already gathered there.

The exhibits surrounded by the crowd were very special and attracted Zhou Qingfeng's attention at once:

A large humanoid robot, or a more popular term: mecha.

Now it is 2016, when the mighty figure of the "Warrior" appeared in front of people, it immediately shocked the "country bumpkins" who had never seen the world.

The engineer of the microelectronics department stood beside the booth, with an expected expression on his face, and proudly adjusted his black-framed glasses.

The Warrior No. 1 was exhibited this time, but it was not equipped with the "Courage" AI. It was just an empty shell, but it was indeed a real and active empty shell.

Just like the test in the factory, Warrior No. 1 is also suspended on a fixed bracket with chains, but it is no longer a treadmill, but a special large universal treadmill that can move in any direction.

The robot is also suspended to avoid accidental falls. It is not that it will cause much damage to the machine, but the weight of more than 200 kilograms is close to the load-bearing limit of the universal treadmill. If it falls, it may break the treadmill.

Although it is based on the same principle as the universal treadmill used in VR equipment, this one is specially customized and cost a lot of money!

The shoulders of Warrior No. 1 are suspended by two chains, which does not affect its domineering at all. Instead, in the eyes of everyone, it looks like a huge mecha lifted by a helicopter in Pacific Rim.

Zhou Qingfeng has automatically overlapped the Wanderer mecha and Warrior No. 1, with stars in his eyes.

He used his size advantage to squeeze to the front and looked at the public introduction of Warrior No. 1:

"Introduction to 'Warrior I-type ground general humanoid auxiliary operation robot':

Height: 2113mm

Weight: 266~307 kg (depending on the equipment installation situation)

Maximum load: 1150 kg

Maximum speed: 85 km/h

..."

A series of parameters made Zhou Qingfeng's eyes shine. He didn't know that most of them were theoretical data that could not be realized for the time being, and he could only keep exclaiming in amazement.

In his eyes, the dark blue Warrior No. 1 is already a super mecha in science fiction movies that can carry electromagnetic guns to the sky and into the ground, the embodiment of the Terminator T800.

Seeing that more and more people were coming, Zhang Wei, who was wearing a jumpsuit, walked into the display area from the backstage until he stopped next to Warrior No. 1. There was also a universal treadmill under his feet.

Then, with the help of two staff members, various equipment was installed on Zhang Wei's five fingers, hand and foot joints, and waist, and finally a helmet connected to many harnesses was hung from above.

When Zhang Wei put on these equipment, he looked almost the same as Warrior One.

The crowd watched Zhang Wei's operation in confusion. It was not until the latter was ready 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 fire, leakage of dangerous raw materials in chemical plants, floods, earthquakes, etc. At this time, rescue workers are in extremely dangerous environments, and one of the ways to use Warrior One is that it can be remotely controlled by humans to enter these environments instead of us to complete the rescue.

The Warrior One robot is similar in size to the human body, resistant to high temperatures and waterproof, and can continue to be equipped with protective measures, which is enough to replace humans. Now our operator Zhang Wei will demonstrate it to everyone."

Zhang Wei waved to the audience, and then pulled down the VR display screen with his gloved fingers. Warrior One had lowered its height slightly and its feet completely touched the bottom. The lowered head was raised, and the screen next to the booth lit up synchronously.

The picture displayed was exactly the picture captured by the head camera of Warrior One.

The headset sent a signal that everything was ready in the background. Zhang Wei first raised his right hand and grabbed in the air.

There was a "wow" sound from below the booth.

Because on Zhang Wei's right, Warrior No. 1 raised his right arm flexibly and synchronously with almost no delay, opened his five fingers and grabbed.

At the same time, because all joints have synchronous sensors, the robot's whole body has also undergone slight adjustments without any stiffness. In the eyes of everyone, Warrior No. 1 seemed to suddenly "come alive" and was full of spirituality.

Zhang Wei, who had already been proficient, skillfully performed several test movements, confirmed that the subsystems of Warrior No. 1 were normal, and began the demonstration that had been rehearsed many times.

Zhou Qingfeng watched Warrior No. 1 suddenly walk on the treadmill "bang" "bang", and his whole body moved smoothly and naturally. He couldn't help but stare and watch carefully.

For non-AI control, it does not mean that AI is completely unnecessary, as long as the data of the synchronous operator is obtained.

Although the speed of information transmission is the speed of light, if it is a simple signal reproduction, it still requires 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 trained AI, using the long-term training database with Zhang Wei to have a considerable understanding of his own movement habits. Only with the deliberate cooperation of AI can such an extreme smooth movement be achieved.

As for why it did not show "courage", it was mainly because its training process was not over. As a completely self-learning AI, its mode is completely different from conventional thinking. Everything is obtained from learning. Without massive sample learning, the performance of "courage" is definitely unsatisfactory.

With Zhang Wei's almost human-machine integration with Warrior No. 1, the latter's performance was very perfect. Except for the collapse and jumping actions that were not performed to prevent damage to the universal treadmill, everything else was perfect.

Even after a few minutes of display, the universal treadmill under Warrior No. 1's feet was turned off. Zhang Wei directly controlled the robot, strode to the edge of the display stand amid the exclamations of the onlookers, gently lowered his body, and extended a metal palm to Zhou Qingfeng who was stunned.

Zhou Qingfeng looked at the extremely tall Warrior No. 1 standing in front of him, tremblingly stretched out his little hand, and completed a very meaningful handshake.

And the staff of the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation and Northern Weapons Exhibition Area next door didn't know when they came over, staring at Warrior No. 1 who was interacting flexibly with many audiences in amazement.