After Lu Zhou left the underground laboratory, he went straight to the Institute of Computational Materials building and found Yang Xu in the battery testing laboratory.
When he arrived, Yang Xu had just finished a set of experiments and was recording the experimental data.
Lu Zhou didn't disturb them. He quietly waited for them to finish. He then called Yang Xu to the side and handed him the sample box.
"Help me do a component analysis."
"Okay." Yang Xu didn't ask much. He took the thumb-sized plastic box and looked inside. He then asked, "Is it urgent?"
Lu Zhou: "It's not urgent, just give it to me in three days."
"Okay then." Yang Xu stuffed the sample box into his lab coat pocket and asked, "Do you have any requirements?"
Lu Zhou said, "Infrared spectral characteristic peak detection and transmission electron microscopy … Just these two for now."
Yang Xu: "No problem, I'll give it to you the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, thanks." Lu Zhou nodded and looked at the battery detector. He then asked, "Oh yeah, what are you guys doing?"
Yang Xu smiled and said, "We're trying to improve the positive electrode material of lithium-sulfur batteries. We changed the pore forming agent and tried to adjust the pore size of the HCS-2 material. The limited data seems to show that the improved HCS-2 can further inhibit the diffusion rate of polysulfide compounds in the anode material into the electrolyte, thus improving the battery life … We are trying to verify this. "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Sounds like a promising project … Oh yeah, let me ask you something, do you know anything about industrial robots?"
Yang Xu looked at Lu Zhou strangely. He didn't know why Lu Zhou suddenly asked this.
"Industrial robots? Why are you asking about that? "
Lu Zhou: "It's useful for experiments, I plan on buying a few. If you don't know anything about it, then forget it, I'll ask someone else."
"Industrial robots … I really don't know much about it." Yang Xu rubbed his chin and said, "But I have a friend who's in this field."
Lu Zhou: "Massachusetts Institute of Technology?"
"That's not it. It's my senior from the university. Originally, he also majored in materials, but he later switched to automation and followed his mentor to make industrial robots. I remember when we had a class reunion last year, he tried to sell me his factory's industrial robots. I laughed and joked with him that the Institute for Advanced Study wasn't an automatic assembly workshop, so there was no room for them to put these things. "
Yang Xu smiled and said, "Anyway, his factory is in Jinling. If you want, I can introduce him to you?"
Lu Zhou: "Just give me your business card."
Yang Xu: "Okay, I think I have it in my office. I'll go get it for you."
…
Yang Xu's senior apprentice-brother was called Zhao Zhongshu.
Although it was impolite to make fun of other people's names, when Lu Zhou received this business card, he almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
However, even though his name was a bit silly, this guy was quite a nutty person.
According to Yang Xu, this senior of his had originally majored in materials science, but after he graduated, he decided to jump from the big pit of materials science to another big pit. He started to study industrial robots with his tutor, who was also kind of a half-baked student.
Before 2010, industrial robots weren't very popular. His mentor's factory mainly imported equipment, which was then resold to some domestic logistics centers and assembly factories.
At that time, working in the real economy could only be said to not starve to death, but it also could not be said to be rich. People like him, who worked in manufacturing companies, didn't make much of a living.
However, in 2015, the situation took a turn for the better.
Back then, the China 2025 plan was officially released, and the development of the manufacturing industry became a national strategy. Industrial robots were an important part of this, and they received hundreds of billions in subsidies. Just like the photovoltaic industry, hot money and state subsidies swarmed into this industry.
At the time, he was doing his post-doctoral research, and he saw an opportunity to make a fortune.
After careful consideration, he gave up on the temptation of teaching at the university and went out on his own with a few of his buddies.
The final result was out of his expectations.
With the experience accumulated over the years, he didn't expect that in less than five years, he would be able to turn a fake company into a real manufacturing company.
To be honest, even Zhao Zhongshu himself felt that his achievements today were inconceivable.
After all, in the beginning, he did plan on scamming the government …
Jinling suburbs.
Inside a spacious and bright factory.
Various models of mechanical arms were arranged on both sides of the aisle. The large ones were about the height of three people, and the small ones were about the length of a human arm. There were also some indescribable pieces of equipment. The sharp spiral arms were connected to all kinds of processing tools.
Judging from the letters printed on the side of the machine, it didn't look like they produced the things here. Or rather, it was a 50/50 mix of self-produced and imported equipment.
Lu Zhou walked into the factory under the guidance of Factory Manager Zhao. He looked around and spoke.
"What models do you sell here?"
Zhao Zhongshu smiled and said, "There are a lot of models. The small ones are horizontal multi-joint robots, vertical multi-joint robots, about 5 kilograms. There are also large ones that can carry up to 1.35 tons. There are also some imported equipment, such as ABB's YuMi intelligent cooperative robot and KUKA's iiwa. However, these equipment are not in stock. You have to place an order in advance for us to prepare. "
Lu Zhou: "Do you have any recommendations?"
Zhao Zhongshu: "It depends on what you're planning on doing with the robot."
Lu Zhou: "Experiments."
"Experiments?" Zhao Zhongshu was stunned. He thought he didn't hear clearly, so he asked again, "Using industrial robots for experiments?"
Lu Zhou: "Can't I?"
Zhao Zhongshu smiled and said, "It's not that … It depends on what you're using it for. If you're talking about operating precision equipment or doing delicate work, I'm afraid the precision won't be up to standard. "
Lu Zhou: "Can I take pictures?"
Zhao Zhongshu smiled heartily and said, "Go ahead, it's fine. I'm counting on Professor Lu to introduce a few big customers to our factory. "
Honestly speaking, he didn't expect Lu Zhou to buy a lot of robots. After all, no matter how good an industrial robot was, it only did some manual work that didn't require much brain power. It couldn't replace the research dogs in the laboratory.
However, for an academic tycoon like him who was doing well in the academic world, he was more or less inextricably linked to people in the industry. What made him so enthusiastic was the connections behind Lu Zhou.
Seeing that Zhao Zhongshu didn't object, Lu Zhou took out his phone and took a photo of the robot arms in the factory. He then sent the photo to Xiao Ai.
He didn't know much about industrial robots. Instead of choosing randomly, it was better to let Xiao Ai choose for himself.
Therefore, after he sent the photo, he attached a line of text.
[Which one do you like? Take a screenshot and send it to me.]
After a while, a string of text bubbles popped up on the screen.
Xiao Ai: [… This is not the body I want o (⊙ ﹏ ⊙) o]
Lu Zhou: "…"
You didn't say what kind of body you want?
I didn't expect this guy to be so picky.
Lu Zhou sighed and typed a reply.
[… Anyway, I'll use it for now.]
Earth's technology is underdeveloped, sorry about that.
Xiao Ai: [The other person doesn't want to talk to you and threw a dress at you.jpg]
Lu Zhou:???
Zhao Zhongshu saw that Lu Zhou was staring at his phone and didn't speak. He said, "If you can't make up your mind, I can introduce you to someone."
Lu Zhou's mouth twitched, and he continued to type on the screen.
"… No, wait a second."
Even though Zhao Zhongshu was confused, he still nodded.
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