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Chapter 163 Exoskeleton

When it comes to business, this topic seems to be endless.

An Feng frequently looked at his phone. Damn, half of his wonderful time with his wife was wasted. After their discussion was similar, An Feng said, "That's it. This time I asked you to come out to play. Isn't you a different environment to discuss business! Are you worthy of the blue sea and blue sky around you?"

They were stunned and heard this for the first time.

An Feng glanced at them and continued: "From now on, free activities! Whoever talks about business again will be a turtle bastard!"

This sentence worked very well, and no one dared to easily cross the line later... An Feng played some soothing music, drank beer together, and bragged...

It was three or four o'clock, and the sun was no longer so strong. The ladies basking in the front deck had enough sunbathing, put on their bikini again, and returned to the back deck to chat.

An Feng was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, fighting with Wang Le and Lin Hai against Landlord.

Joanna stood behind and hugged his neck for a while, and said gently, "Can I make some lunch for you?"

An Feng nodded: "I'm in trouble, my dear."

"It's okay." Joanna said but didn't leave. An Feng naturally understood what she meant, turned around and kissed her, then left with a smile.

When Lin Xiaofei saw this, she looked envious: "You are so loving, I want to find such a husband."

Gao Jie gave her a blank look: "At a young age, why do you think about these things all day long? At least you have to wait until your brother and sister are old before considering it."

Lin Xiaofei shrank on the sofa and picked up the magazine to read it: "If I could find such a caring boyfriend, God would not be able to stop me."

Her parents were helpless.

But Lisa came over and poked An Feng with her finger, pointing at the motorboat at the stern: "Can you drive it out?"

"Oh, I almost forgot!" An Feng threw the key next to her, "Play whatever you want, remember to untie the rope below and use some strength."

"I want to go too!" Lin Xiaofei threw away the magazine.

The two girls untied the rope and rode onto the motorboat. The "boom" started and soon they could rush on the sea, chasing the waves. From time to time, their screams came. Others were driving motorboats and playing in the water. Seeing that there were all beauties here, they couldn't help but want to have a friendly match to show off their skills. They also wanted to ride out for fun.

Wang Le said to An Feng: "If you want to enjoy this, you have so many tricks."

"Thank you." An Feng stood up with a smile and moved his waist, "When it's still early, let's dive?"

"Let's go!" Everyone hit it off, and there were two or three meters above the yacht waterline. Diving was more than enough, and the sea water outside the sea was not polluted. The blue blue area made people unable to help but fall in love with it and swim comfortably in the embrace of nature.

When Joanna brought out the steak, everyone was gone and sat on the sofa to make up some skin care products for herself. The wet Anfeng climbed up from the stern.

She begged, "I'm hungry, feed me."

"As for order!" An Feng smiled and picked up Joanna, who was holding the dish, stepped on the stairs to the stern platform with her happy cheers, sat on the high-end teak floor, stretched her legs into the cool sea water, and sat on her side on her legs to share the carefully baked deliciousness together.

I kissed each other from time to time, and then looked at the people playing on the sea. I talked about relaxed topics to each other, and occasionally I was not regular in order. I put my hands in some places that would make people think a lot, challenged her tolerance limit, and was punished by Joanna... I didn't change anything like this kind of life.

...

In the evening they returned to San Raphael.

Wang Le and Lisa stayed to visit, Lin Hai and his family said goodbye, and Lin Xiaofei wanted to stay and spend the night with her brothers and sisters. But in the end, it was changed to the next time.

After a few days of excitement, they registered An's Winery. Anfeng occupied 60% of the shares, Wang Le and Lin Hai each accounted for 20%. The capital was 6 million, not much or less, and it was tens of millions of yuan to operate a new winery. The funds were fully sufficient, and the sales management was Lin Hai.

Anyway, there is no other candidate except him.

After Wang Le finished these things, he was busy dealing with the Immigration Bureau, and An Feng was waiting for his own business.

Robot companies have made breakthroughs.

Colin Hoffman, a genius, was too fierce. He actually made an exoskeleton that An Feng wanted in a short time that was more in line with the actual standards.

Of course, this was not difficult at first, nor did it surpass the existing technology. An Feng made such arrangements just to test the cooperation ability of the research team.

This is a set of test samples.

If the R&D speed is fast, the cooperation is tacit, and Hoffman is satisfied, the team will be finalized. If there are frequent troubles during the cooperation and the personnel cannot cooperate, you have to consider layoffs or dispatch personnel - everything is mainly Hoffman's preference, because he is the research supervisor, and because he is the smartest and fastest, don't you find the best and choose the bad ones specifically?

An Feng flew to San Jose’s robot company by helicopter. After several rounds of job fairs hosted by John, the company currently has 30 technicians, ten other personnel, administrative secretaries, finance, etc. The number of people is very small, and basically does not require full-time management, so An Feng has not recruited them either.

When the plane stopped, it walked towards Warehouse No. 1. It had been transformed into two laboratories. It spent a lot of money to buy a batch of machinery and equipment, and invested more than two million US dollars, barely meeting Hoffman's requirements. He also used these machines to create the exoskeleton required by An Feng.

Some parts are purchased from outside. Obviously Hoffman believes that time should not be wasted on existing parts, so he ordered it in large quantities and assembled into a set of exoskeletons with a weight of about 65 catties. According to the standards of developed industrial countries, 50 catties is relatively advanced.

The requirements are lower now, 65 kilograms, and they are quietly placed in Laboratory No. 1, looking like a huge Transformer, and they will definitely be inconvenient to wear them.

An Feng requires that the exoskeleton feels the same as if it is not worn. It is always important to keep it as low as possible, and it is best to wear only one coat.

But that will take some time to achieve.

Hoffman, wearing a dirty experimental suit, saw An Feng and immediately walked over: "Mr. An, can you conduct actual tests now?"

I used to say that Case and the others were not particular, and liked to get straight to the point, but now I have no greetings.

An Feng nodded: "Okay, let me try it."

An Feng didn't take off his clothes, so he put on casual clothes.

The technicians slowly helped An Feng wear an exoskeleton with mechanical tools or hands. Because they were not a layer of armor, they were not as cool as Iron Man in the movie, and they were even ugly. They were covered with a lot of scrap iron, which looked bloated and bulky. It took six technicians half an hour to complete the installation.

Hoffman took a few steps back and said: "You can try to take steps. The computer chip will receive feedback from your muscles and let the exoskeleton respond."

An Feng tried to take steps, which was very light, but it was a little difficult to maintain balance. He looked down at his feet and took the second step. He landed steadily and breathed a sigh of relief. He continued to take the third and fourth steps, and at the same time, a large number of data cables were connected to his body, recording data on the computer on the other end.

Hoffman continued: "Try the body movements, bend over, stretch your hands..."

An Feng did all the movements that normal people should have, and did it slowly. He didn't dare to be too fast, for fear that the exoskeleton's feedback to the organisms would not be sensitive enough... The result was still good. As long as he had the idea of ​​stretching his arms, the hydraulic system would drive his body and make movements.

After practicing for twenty minutes, we entered the challenge.

Hoffman said: "Pick up the iron box on the ground and pay attention, it weighs fifty kilograms. You can only use one hand."

An Feng wanted to nod, but he held back. An inadvertent small action made the machine nod and it was very unhappy - this point needs to be improved, otherwise in critical situations, such as shooting, you didn't want to pull the trigger. But you let the computer receive instructions and give feedback on the action, which would be bad.

The iron box was placed on the table in front of him, and the initial test reduced the difficulty very low. If it was placed on the ground, he still needed to bend over, which would increase the accident.

When I lifted the box, I didn’t use my hands, but a hook extended from the exoskeleton. I slowly hooked the hook to the iron box, and lifted it up easily. Fifty kilograms gave him a feeling of more than ten kilograms. Of course, for ordinary people, it was not easy to have more than ten kilograms.

There is the principle of mechanical transmission, that is, the combination of hydraulic system and electric power. This technology is actually around us. It is like a car steering wheel, which is typical hydraulic power steering. Especially when some ladies are driving, they cannot turn the steering wheel if they are not strong enough. If there is a power system, they can control this clumsy steering wheel with very little force and easily drive a car.

The principle is basically the same, but the hydraulic system used on the exoskeleton will be more complicated, especially after miniaturization, like the current sixty pounds? Don’t think about it! An Feng allows at most fifteen pounds, and it cannot be as bloated as it is now. He requires that even if he wears the exoskeleton, he can wear another suit.

It is not just about improving the weight-bearing ability, but also synchronously improving the agility, speed, and reaction ability, so that you can wear the exoskeleton and immediately "superman".

The requirements here are too high, and there is still a long way to go. In Anfeng's robot plan, such a light exoskeleton is only the first step.

The road required to develop the human body to be separated from the exoskeleton, replace the machine, or improve the exoskeleton armor is very long. This is why An Feng wanted to do it at the beginning, but he was confused about the insufficient funds. Even if the direction and theory are correct, R&D still cost money.

Fortunately, with the genius Hoffman, he was born for An Feng's robot plan.

Afterwards, I discussed the matters of the R&D team with him. When I didn’t talk about professionalism, this guy stuttered again. He sounded like he was dissatisfied with some people, but he was embarrassed to say it out loud. An Feng just stumbled with him for ten minutes before he could find out.

Later, An Feng made a decision and transferred employees who could not be fitted with Hoffman to another R&D group - the robot company is not only developing exoskeletons, but also some small machines. An Feng is also thinking about cute robot dogs, so basically there are not enough employees.

The remaining researchers have already satisfied Hoffman so that he can start at full speed.

An Feng handed Hoffman the drawings of the second set of exoskeletons, which will be advanced this time. Its heavy weight is greatly reduced and it is more exquisite. The exoskeleton is close to the body and is no longer bloated. An Feng plans to design the upper limbs first, then perform the lower limbs, and finally combine them to further streamline them.
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