Rebirth Starts From 2006

When Chen Yang was looking at the factory area, Huang Shan walked out quickly, followed by Wang Tao.

Before approaching, Huang Shan said, "Dajiang Science and Technology Park opens, do you want to hold an opening ceremony?"

Chen Yang was stunned, isn't it because of the formation of drones today?

Quickly reacted, and pointed behind her, "You have to ask Mr. Wang about this!"

Wang Tao quickly shook his head, "I really don't have the time to worry about it now. I'll just wait for the mission to be successful and then hold a celebration ceremony."

Chen Yang frowned slightly, "Okay, you are the boss, you have the final say."

Then she looked at Huang Shan, "What's the point of asking me to come here? Isn't it just for this?"

"of course not,"

Huang Shan shook her head, looked at Qin Yu who was looking around, and then waved her hand, "Speak inside."

At this time, Qiao Guanghui and the others had already parked the car and walked over, followed the four of them into the factory building,

Then Huang Shan waved her hand, and the two engineers directly pushed the factory door together.

The factory building is brightly lit, and they can see it more clearly than the outside. The area where they are now is very large, and the ceiling is even straight to the top. But to the left and inward, it is divided into three floors, and the height of each floor is different. There are six meters, can be used as production space or warehouse,

But at this moment, Chen Yang didn't pay much attention to these. His eyes were completely attracted by the drones all over the ground. Hundreds,

He immediately turned to look at Wang Tao. Wang Tao smiled and gestured to an engineer. Immediately afterwards, several engineers on site began to operate.

With the typing of the keyboard, the drones all over the ground suddenly soared into the sky, hovering in mid-air, about ten meters high,

Accompanied by the sound of keystrokes, hundreds of drones in the sky quickly changed their formations, high or low,

Although he couldn't understand the shape of the formed formation, Chen Yang could tell that hundreds of drones shuttled quickly in the relatively narrow factory space without any disorder.

After more than a dozen transformations, all the drones returned to vertical and horizontal formation again, lined up on a horizontal plane, and then suddenly rushed up one by one, flew to the left along the top of the factory building, passed through the upper space of the factory building,

After a while, it came back from below. It seems that there is also such a hollow space over there.

See here,

Even if Chen Yang doesn't understand technology anymore, he still understands something, and immediately turned to look at Wang Tao, "Didn't you say that it will be the end of April at the soonest? This is a success?"

Wang Tao's face was also half smiling, half crying, "I thought it would be the end of April, but I didn't expect that the supercomputer's calculation speed would be so fast!"

At this time, an engineer next to him took up the topic and said, "It's not just because of supercomputing, the hundreds of software engineers in Xijiang Supercomputing Center also played a very important role.

We sent them six spatial data including this factory building and the bird's nest for modeling, and they only took two days to feedback the results and compile the flight trajectory program.

Now the test of this plant is already the fifth space test flight test we have conducted, and all five test flights have been successful! "

Wang Tao nodded and said, "Three indoor spaces and three outdoor spaces, except for the Bird's Nest, have all been tested. From the first five Lianfei to the current 300 Lianfei, all have been perfectly realized! So , we just invited Mr. Shan over for inspection today."

Chen Yang opened his mouth, looked at him, and then at the drones all over the floor, "Is drone swarm technology so successful?"

Think about the scene where thousands of drones will fly together in ten years later, is this too fast?

"No, no, no," Wang Tao quickly shook his head, "This can only be regarded as a drone formation at best, not a cluster. If they leave the command of the PC ground station, all these drones will be messed up.

The true autonomous swarm flight technology has three important characteristics, decentralization, autonomy and autonomy. Even if you leave the command of the ground station, or even a small number of aircraft in the fleet fall due to problems, the overall effect will not be affected.

This involves artificial intelligence technology, which is not yet within our reach. "

artificial intelligence?

Chen Yang's eyes lit up immediately, and he turned to look at Huang Shan, "Is the Damai AI Center ready to be built?"

Huang Shan smiled wryly and shook her head lightly, "Talents in this area are extremely scarce in China, how can it be so easy, Mr. Zhou has just put up an airs, and Professor Huang will invite relevant experts from home and abroad to join us. It will take at least one or two years for it to take shape, and it will be even less time before it will produce results."

"Oh,"

A trace of disappointment flashed across Chen Yang's face, "Okay then."

Originally, he still wanted to let Damai and Dajiang cooperate in this area, but it seems that it is not possible for the time being.

He also knows that there is no rush for technical matters, especially for such long-term strategic projects, take your time,

In fact, it is already very good now. You must know that the current Xijiang Supercomputing Center, he just bought a supercomputer with money, and all other personnel are from the three major factories.

Now Damai can raise its own AI R\u0026D center, which is progress!

Then he looked at Wang Tao, "Then the next step is to go to the Bird's Nest for an experiment?"

Wang Tao nodded, "On-site tests must be carried out, and the take-off and landing points must be selected. According to the site, it is necessary to judge whether to take off and land in a scattered manner or to gather them together. In addition, drone flight performances will be affected by many factors.

Including battery life, the possibility of hardware failure, signal interference, and even the wind speed at night will affect the overall effect,

We not only need to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the on-site environment, but also have a variety of backup plans. Among other things, at least three sets of spare aircraft are needed. "

This air show is expected to dispatch about 1,000 drones. If three sets of spare aircraft are added, it will be 4,000.

Fortunately, the drones used for flight performances do not need to be equipped with camera modules, and the cost is greatly reduced. Counting modules such as GPS and LED lights, it only costs less than 1,500 yuan per drone, and 4,000 drones add up to six million,

Then counting the PC ground station, and the supercomputing research and development resources used for this performance,..., this business is definitely a blood loss.

But Chen Yang didn't say anything else, "Okay, I'll contact Director Zhang and arrange for you to go there, but the bird's nest has not been fully completed, and there is still a lot of coordination to be done, so you just need to make preparations, and don't worry about the rest. "

Then he explained,

"There is also a spare machine. If the three sets are not enough, prepare a few more sets. If the production capacity is not enough, let Damai support a production line first. We must ensure the success of the show."

Wang Tao smiled, "As long as there is no strong wind that night, if there is any problem with the equipment, you can just ask me!"

For this air show, Chen Yang has already used all the resources at hand, if he still can't do it, then he will really be ashamed to face others.

Coming out of the factory building, Wang Tao followed behind Chen Yang, and said while walking, "Now the research and development has come to an end, the next stage is mainly to test and modify bugs, but the R\u0026D department can't be idle, what is our next research direction?"

From the initial bare metal, to the camera module, to the current flight performance, Dajiang UAV has grown from scratch, and now it can be disassembled into three series of products. It is time to develop new functions.

Chen Yang stopped, stood on the spot and thought for a while, then asked, "How do you divide the R\u0026D department?"

"Division of labor?"

Wang Tao was stunned, "Are you talking about the position, or...?"

"Of course it's the research direction," Chen Yang said with a smile, "I don't know much about technology, so I ask what your job is."

"Oh,"

Wang Tao smiled embarrassedly, and said, "In terms of research direction, the main force is the development of drones, including flight altitude, speed, accuracy, battery life, load size, etc.

Didn’t you tell me about the future application prospects of drones before?

It is impossible for us to carry all the functions on the same basic model, which is not realistic, so we need more models to expand the application market of drones,

For example, this drone flight performance, in fact, the size of this elf is still a bit too big. If you can reduce the size and extend the battery life, you can also develop more performance patterns.

For other applications, this size is a bit small, such as agricultural and rescue applications, which have higher requirements for load capacity, so we need to develop larger models.”

Speaking of this, Wang Tao suddenly scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, and said with a smile, "I'm even thinking about whether I can develop a drone that can be used to carry people.

In the middle is a cabin, which can seat one or two people, and surrounded by propellers, controlled by a computer, can sail between fixed take-off and landing points. This kind of drone should be able to solve the problem of commuting in urban congestion. "

Chen Yang opened his mouth, looking at Wang Tao in a daze,

What was the question I just asked?

Oh, the research direction,

Sure enough, I can’t talk about technology with technical men. I usually don’t say a word, and talk about technology endlessly. I just think about what it’s like to go to work by drone, and I can’t even think about the problem.

Then he nodded, "Yes, there is no problem with your thinking. Any additional functions are based on the model. Only when the model is enriched first, can there be more possibilities later."

Wang Tao smiled and said, "Yes, that's what I think, so I put the company's main force in the development of aircraft models. As for other functions, my arrangement is to set up a project team internally, and then in the form of a team, cooperate with external units. for docking,

The advantage of this is that we don’t need very professional staff, we only need relatively knowledgeable people to do the docking.

For example, the photography system is in cooperation with Meipai, and the drone flight performance is in cooperation with Xijiang Supercomputing Center and Damai Research Institute.

Now these two projects have basically completed the initial project, and only need to continue to upgrade later, so I wondered if it is possible to carry out research on the next subsidiary project. "

Chen Yang thought for a while and said, "Where is the next project? It doesn't depend on you or my opinion, but depends on the development progress of the basic model.

If your basic model has not been enriched, then no matter how you change it, you can only make a fuss about the Elf model, but if you have a more advanced and larger drone, then you can do it There are so many things! "

At present, the congenital defects of UAVs are still too large, and the battery life and load are fatal. At the same time, they are also easily affected by external environmental factors such as weather.

Frankly speaking, in the next decade or so, the flying technology of drones has not made much breakthrough. The so-called technological improvement is more in the electronic aspect, and the application value is also reflected in other auxiliary functions. The machine has been expanded in many fields,

But this does not mean that the drone itself has no value worth investing in.

On the contrary, once the performance of battery technology and load is breakthrough, the prospect of drones will be unimaginable, and may even change the world.

Wake up late in the morning, take a drone to fly to the company, buy a courier, and the drone will deliver it directly to your window sill, so you don’t have to go downstairs to the courier cabinet to pick it up.

Even when the battery technology is strong enough, the simplified version of the spaceship in the Women's Federation will give you one,...

Well, let's stop dreaming.

When breakthroughs are made in key technologies, all previous technology accumulations will show corresponding value, but without accumulation, those things will never be realized, so now is the time to prepare for technology accumulation!

Hearing Chen Yang's words, Wang Tao nodded in agreement, "Understood, we are doing large-scale research on drones, so let's start with short-distance load delivery, increase the load to one kilogram, and then try to use three to three In five years, get out the manned drone!"

Manned drone?

The corners of Chen Yang's eyes twitched slightly, and he silently praised him, "Young man has ambition!"

At this time, Huang Shan was beside her, and suddenly said quietly, "Then it's not a consumer drone, is it?!"

Consumer-grade drones are the product positioning that Chen Yang gave Dajiang innovation at the beginning. If manned drones are really produced, it is definitely not something ordinary people can afford.

Well, the current drones are not affordable for ordinary people, 50,000 yuan per unit is a waste of money!

Chen Yang coughed dryly, "Don't care about these details, and don't make yourself a prison. We must have the courage to break through our imagination, run to a new world, and welcome a new future!"

Very inspiring words, but unfortunately no one joined,

Wang Tao shivered, and hurried back, Huang Shan looked around, "Qiu Xia, you drive behind, I'll take Mr. Chen's car."

When Shen Youshun heard this, his face immediately turned bitter, "Qiuxia, then I'll go in your car."

Qin Yu sighed, shook his head and said, "Hey, the car is still too small, I should have driven the Viano just now."

As the asset of the Banana Lychee Company, Viano naturally wanted to follow Chen Yang, and arrived at the parking lot of the Rainbow Financial Building.

It's a pity that this car is not bulletproof. When the drivers were hired and counted, they were cruelly abandoned, and they can only be used as the company's official car.

At this moment, Qiao Guanghui said suddenly, "Actually, there are commercial vehicles with a high safety factor, which can accommodate nine to eighteen people. The specific number of passengers can be modified according to needs."

Chen Yang's eyes lit up, "What car?"

Under normal circumstances, it is definitely not necessary to use a car with too many people, but sometimes he will talk to company executives, cough cough, mainly Huang Shan and Qin Yu, in the car to discuss business.

Then, this year, I will take my family to Beijing to watch the Olympic Games. If there is a car that can pull many people, it will be much more convenient.

Qiao Guanghui smiled and said, "It's the kind that the big leader sits on, Toyota Coaster."

That kind!

Chen Yang suddenly nodded. He knew this. It was often seen in news broadcasts. When big leaders conduct investigations and research in China, they usually sit there.

It's just that he doesn't really want to buy a Japanese car,

But, this is really not something he can buy immediately if he wants to buy it.

Qiao Guanghui said, "But the kind of Coster that can be bulletproof and needs to be modified needs to be booked a long time in advance. If you place an order now, it will not be available until the end of the year at the earliest."

Chen Yang raised his eyebrows, and was about to directly refuse,

At this time, Qin Yu suddenly said, "Toyota Coaster? I have a solution for this!"

Chen Yang and Huang Shan turned to look at her together,

What can you do? Add money to jump in line?

Qin Yu shrugged, "I didn't tell you just now that the new United Automobile Manufacturing Company, a joint venture between Toyota and GM in California, has been taken over by us,"

He pointed at Huang Shan while talking, and said with a smile, "Let our people order a modified Coaster spot from Toyota, it should be no problem?!"