The cost of the civilian version is 78,000.
This price has barely reached the price in Ye Qing's heart.
In addition, this price is only estimated based on the cost of parts and robot framework. If large-scale investment is made and efficient production lines are established, the price can be reduced by another 5% to 8%.
Almost.
After a few days of negotiations, Monster Industries also made initial progress in the science and technology department and the supercomputing center.
The supercomputing center would have rented the remaining computing power to the outside world for business.
It's just that this computing power is not fixed and changes according to their own calculation project occupancy rate.
Monster Industries started with at least 50% of the computing power rental, and it was the kind of high without a cap, which directly stunned the supercomputing center.
This … What is this?
When they shared the news with a little flaunting in the industry, they were surprised to find that they were not the only lucky ones.
Monster Industries contacted all the national supercomputing centers in one breath …
Then their competent department of science and technology sent a letter, asking eight supercomputing centers to coordinate supercomputing power as much as possible and postpone some scattered and unimportant appointments to meet the computing needs of Monster Industries as much as possible.
Good ~
Is Monster Industries going to simulate the origin of human beings and solve the most mysterious evolutionary code on Earth?
…
Two days later.
In the underground laboratory of Monster Industries, two miniaturized robots were also manufactured by the monsters.
For example, the prototype version of the Watchman robot. The two robots in the laboratory were not only shorter but also thinner.
They were uniformly 1.6 meters tall, and the civilian version was painted in silver-gray. The body structure was similar to that of humans. The torso was made of JS5 — TPU material and light aluminum alloy.
No matter who saw it, they would only marvel that it was a perfect piece of technological art.
It was even more technological than the mechanical prosthetics in the science fiction movie Alita.
Metallic silver-gray and white JS5 — TPU material formed its basic color, and the lines of the two colors were mixed together.
Its arms were as simple and smooth as human arms, and the joints of its hands were covered with a complete layer of white JS5 — TPU material. It did not have the clumsiness and industrial feeling of traditional mechanical arms filled with rotating shafts and motors.
On the surface of its body, there was no mechanical shaft joint, and it was completely driven by bionic electric muscles.
This kind of "technological muscle" was composed of multiple bionic muscle fibers and hidden under the light alloy outline. Even if it stood still, it would give people a feeling of incomparable lightness and agility.
In contrast to its arms, it had a pair of legs that looked a little complicated.
It was different from the legs in science fiction that copied the human joint structure, or the anti-joint big foot design that was forced to compromise because of technology in reality.
The shape of the legs of the robot in front of him was similar to that of a human, but it was divided into many irregular diamonds by the light alloy shell. These irregular diamonds continued to the bottom of the bionic knee joint. The structure of the calf was not much different from the appearance of the arms.
But further down, there were feminine "boots" that were covered in JS5 — TPU material to the soles of the feet.
In reality, when robots used legs to walk, they had to consider the problems of abrasion resistance and noise.
It was unrealistic to walk on the floor with a pair of metal feet like in the movies. It would only grind the floor of the user's home and receive a lot of noise complaints from downstairs.
Finally, there was the robot's most important brain.
Whether a robot looked like a human or not was largely determined by the facial features on its head.
If it had a nose, eyes, mouth, and ears, then the robot was really no different from a human.
Ye Qing abandoned this design.
A robot that looked too much like a human would not have any enhancement in its function, but would cause a series of social and ethical problems.
In addition, with facial features, the simulation of facial expressions was also a big problem. If he wanted to make the robot's expression as smart as a human, the cost alone would increase by one-third.
Perhaps the second generation of intelligent robots could try to simulate facial expressions, but for now, it was better to spread out the market and let users get used to the robot product first.
Without facial features, this robot had a streamlined, helmet-like beautiful head.
Only from the outside, the height of the robot was 1.6 meters and thin, making its appearance more "feminine."
However, in the design, it had no gender distinction. Now it was more feminine, purely the result of reducing the cost to the extreme.
Ye Qing looked at the robot in the laboratory, his eyes full of appreciation.
Although the cost of the current robot was nearly 2,000 times smaller than the prototype, there was not much difference between the two in the application of family scenes. This was because most of the electronic components on the prototype could not be used in family scenes.
This civilian version, on the contrary, was enhanced in the application of family scenes.
"Boss, you've been looking at it for a long time. Have you thought of a name yet?" Seeing Ye Qing standing there and admiring the work, Dian Jing couldn't help but urge: "And my industrial version, you should also give it a nice name."
"The name is not difficult." Ye Qing looked away from the robot and thought: "Do you remember the name of the first generation of robot products we launched?"
Dian Jing certainly remembered. "The home version is called Guardian, and the industrial version is called Explorer."
Ye Qing said: "Strictly speaking, the first generation of products can't be called robots. It has almost no intelligence. Without the user's remote operation, it is no different from a piece of scrap iron."
"In theory, the name of this kind of non-intelligent product is based on the name of some items or products."
"If it involves intelligent products or programs, there are also agreed upon rules for naming in the industry. They are all human names."
"For example, Xiao Du, Xiao Ya, Xiao Ai, Ruo Qi, Alpha, Jiaojiao, and so on."
Dian Jing felt that this was really the case. "Boss, do you mean that we should also give people personal names?"
"Beastie? Lili? "Dian Jing opened her mouth." Or Xiao Dian, Xiao Qing? "
"…"
"That sounds terrible. Xiao Dian, Xiao Qing, don't you think it's mushy?" Ye Qing looked disgusted. "Also, don't you think that the names given to these domestic intelligent products are petty?"
"Mushy?"
"Petty?"
Dian Jing didn't quite understand what petty was. "I just feel that whether it's domestic or foreign, these intelligent products are similar to 'mentally retarded'. It's okay to talk, but it can't do anything."
"Then what do you think it should be called, Boss?"
"We don't name items, and we don't name people." Ye Qing was also thinking about the naming problem while admiring the robot. He already had an answer in his heart.
"Home version – Elf Maid."
"Industrial version – Alien Engineer."
"Why … does it feel a little two-dimensional?" Dian Jing didn't understand petty, but it had been on the Internet for many years and subconsciously felt that these names were a little two-dimensional.
"Elves and aliens don't exist in reality. Just like our products, whether in the eyes of users or other technology companies, it's like they came from another world."
"Maids are suitable for the work of the home version of the robot, and engineers are suitable for the industrial version."
Dian Jing clapped her hands. "Sounds very good. It's settled then."
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