Monster Factory

Inside Boston Dynamics in Waltham, Massachusetts.

In a laboratory in the hardware assembly area, Boston Dynamics’ legendary hardware engineer Goldsmith, the company’s internal software chief engineer Antel, and several staff from the White House are standing on a silver-white metal In front of the robot with a translucent shell.

Boston Dynamics was established for nearly thirty years. From the beginning of its establishment, it has been committed to the manufacture of complete robot products.

In the past 30 years, they have encountered many ups and downs, and the company has changed hands several times.

But they have made enough achievements in the field of robotics.

Especially in the field of humanoid machines, the Atlas Robot under its umbrella is their most representative work of integrating great technology.

The former Atlas robot is the most eye-catching work among humanoid robots in the world.

The external media once believed that Atlas robots have the potential to challenge real humanoid robots.

In the near future, Atlas robots may become a necessity for entering thousands of households, just like cars.

However, all these beautiful dreams, like a beautiful soap bubble, seem colorful and dazzling, but they are broken with a single poke.

Behemoth industry appeared.

From the first generation of robot products, to the initial guardian robot products, to today's wizard maids.

Now, the first wizard maid in the United States is quietly placed in the hardware assembly laboratory.

Looking at this sci-fi robot, the engineer Goldsmith and the others remained silent for two minutes.

No one wants to speak, because they really don't know what to say.

Because next to the fixed table where the elf maids are placed, there are two semi-finished Atlas robots.

One of them is not equipped with a shell, and the other is only equipped with a basic support structure in the initial stage of assembly.

Even if the shell of the elf maid was not removed, the people present could see at a glance the difference in technology between the elf maid and the Atlas robot hardware.

Coarse ore, messy, full of metal beams, pipes, wires, and motors.

It looks like a pile of parts removed from the machine are piled together.

This is the Atlas Robot.

In the end, someone from the White House broke the silence at the scene, "Mr. Smith, don't you say something?"

After a full five seconds, Goldsmith recovered, and said without looking up: "What?"

"The wizard maid is here. Even a student can see the gap between the Atla robot and it."

The layman can only see the gap, but does not know the specific details and level of the gap. In addition, this gap can be caught up by some means?

Boston Dynamics is the one who is most qualified to speak in the field of robotics hardware. Even in the world, except for the giant animal industry, they are still at the T1 level.

To study the elf maid, of course put it here.

The fairy maid in front of me was hard-won.

It took only three days for the hair elven maids of Huaxia to take a lot of effort to obtain an elven maid from the staff stationed in Huaxia and transport it back to China through the special diplomatic plane overnight.

In order to make sure things went smoothly, the elf maid in front of her hadn't even turned on from start to finish.

"Let’s talk about the gap in the technical field first." The White House staff member in charge of this technical research, Kokap, suggested: "We can take apart the elf maids, and not let go of every detail."

Hardware engineer Goldsmith shook his head, he was reluctant to dismantle the elf maid.

In his eyes, the elf maid was a gem that condensed his unimaginable industrial technology.

Artwork, in the eyes of an artist, no matter how much you appreciate it, it is not enough.

"The technology gap is far bigger than you think."

Smith laughed at himself: "Actually, in my eyes, it is not too shocked that the Giant Beast Industry can produce the elven maids."

"Only you civilians, or other industries, feel as unimaginable as an astronaut landing on Mars."

"Even if Behemoth Industry really landed on Mars, I wouldn't be surprised."

"Their hardware technology really surpasses us too much."

Seeing the White House staff a little anxious, Smith said solemnly: "The wizard maid in front of me is actually just an integrated work of Behemoth Industry in the hardware field."

"All the hardware you see has its roots in the previous products of Behemoth."

"Their hardware platform is very mature. Naturally, in the upper-level motion control products, they can easily achieve a breakthrough in the'blowout'."

"Take the core hardware bionic muscle fiber in the wizard maid motion system."

"This technology was applied to Yuanshen's products by Behemoth Industry two years ago."

"This material composed of hot nerve fibers has been studied many times a long time ago."

"You know, this kind of thermal nerve fiber, disassembled under an industrial microscope, is actually a special high-resistance thermally deformable alloy wire with varying diameters."

"This kind of metal wire will not be affected by room temperature changes at all when it is not conductive."

"But once it conducts electricity, according to the resistance in ohms, it can exhibit the thermal deformation effect extremely accurately, which is almost the same as the process of human muscle contraction."

"A special heat-deformable alloy wire, wrapped by an insulating biological material, forms a thermal nerve unit."

"Hundreds of thermal nerve units form a bionic muscle fiber movement unit."

Smith pointed to the Atlas robot in the corner again, and laughed at himself: "Look at us again."

"Servo motors, hydraulic struts."

"These two things have been in use decades ago. Now, what can you say about the technological advances between them and decades ago?"

"Without researching the thermal nerve unit, we will never be able to follow in the footsteps of the Giant Monster Industry."

"Not so exaggerated?" The White House staff member Kokap said unconfidently. "I watched the shooting video of the Atlas robot before. It can not move freely, but it can also jump up and down on stairs of different heights. Well?"

"Especially when it hits the ground, it keeps balance by shaking, it feels like a real person."

Smith sneered twice, unwilling to say more.

He is a hardware engineer.

He is legendary in his field of expertise, and he has been well-known in the UK before.

Real engineers disdain to tell lies or brag about themselves. In their eyes, good is good and bad is original sin.

It was Antel, the chief software engineer, who told the truth.

In addition to the giant animal industry, Boston Dynamics is right in the field of humanoid robots.

The robot dog they developed in cooperation with the military has become the first ground machine product applied in the military field.

Atlas robots are their masterpiece.

But are Atlas robots really as good as in the video?

No.

The Atlas robot consists of an omnidirectional chassis that can achieve three degrees of freedom and a 7-axis linkage arm.

It solves the balance problem and the inertial force generated during the movement through the center of gravity chassis movement scheme.

Compared with other technology companies’ six-axis robotic arms and vertical lifting columns, Atlas robots are undoubtedly extremely advanced.

Through the liquid strut energy storage solution of the legs, the Atlas robot can also achieve the ability to jump on one leg.

But all this is actually just piles of wood.