Chapter 46

After Zhao Gong came, the painting style of the "Insect Workshop" gradually became a bit magical.

On one side, Li Yang was learning from the old man how to make a file have the charm of an embroidery needle.

On the other side, Wang Hao was sneaking in, holding a newly designed micro-thruster module.

"Zhao Gong! Brother Li! Help!" Wang Hao put that thing on the workbench.

With a mournful face, "My 'Mantis Catching Cicada' micro-missile, installed on the centipede's back, keeps vibrating, and it flies like it's having a seizure!"

Zhao Gong was guiding Li Yang on manually fitting a biomimetic joint for "Spider-3", and didn't even look up:

"Your mounting base, did you use a rigid connection again?"

Wang Hao was stunned: "How did you know?"

"Humph," Zhao Gong hummed, "I was all too familiar with this in the past."

He put down the work in his hand, picked up Wang Hao's thruster and looked at it:

"Have you calculated the dynamic load? Have you done the vibration modal analysis at different frequencies?"

"Just knew how to weld it on and be done with it."

Wang Hao was scolded until he had no temper, scratching his head: "This... was too busy focusing on thrust..."

Li Yang silently pulled up the finite element model of the "Mechanical Centipede", pointing out several key connection points:

"Here, here, and here, need to be changed to flexible cushion connections, preferably using damping alloy."

Zhao Gong looked at Li Yang approvingly, adding:

"Add a layer of constrained layer damping material under the base."

"Don't think about not vibrating at all, that's impossible, learn to 'fly with vibration', and turn harmful vibration into controllable."

Wang Hao's eyes brightened: "Understood! I'll go change it now!" After saying that, he hugged the thruster and was about to run.

"Come back!" Zhao Gong called him to stop, "After changing it, do a ground vibration test first, and only go to the sky when the data meets the standard."

"Don't make that kind of 'mid-air disco' mess like last time."

"Understood!" Wang Hao ran away in a flash.

Feng Yan watched from the side, feeling emotional:

'Sure enough, professional matters must be left to professional people.'

'With the old man here, this wild horse Wang Hao finally has someone who can hold the reins.'

At this time, Old Zhang, the person in charge of the research institute's logistics department, came over, looking troubled:

"Team Leader Feng, a batch of high-precision inertial navigation units just arrived at the warehouse."

"They were transferred from the northern research institute, very precious, requiring constant temperature and humidity during transport."

"Our automated guided vehicle (AGV) just happened to be sent for maintenance, you see..."

"Can you coordinate a few people for manual transport? Just have to be careful, one of these things is worth a small car."

Before Feng Yan could speak, Chen Guang, who was debugging "Xiao Bai's" latest navigation algorithm, looked up: "Can try using 'Xiao Bai'."

Old Zhang was stunned, looking at the robot dog doing squats on the ground, a bit hesitant:

"It? Can it do it? This thing can't be dropped..."

Feng Yan's eyes brightened. Right!

"After the upgrade, 'Xiao Bai's' load capacity and stability have been greatly improved."

"Just take this opportunity to test its quality in a real working environment, and by the way, show Zhao Gong the team's 'achievements'."

"Engineer Zhang, don't worry, we have a count." Feng Yan made the decision.

"Let 'Xiao Bai' go! Full data monitoring, absolutely safe!"

He immediately summoned the core members and held a five-minute pre-battle meeting.

"Mission objective: Escort precious instruments from the warehouse to the main laboratory's No. 3 station."

Feng Yan drew a simple route map on the whiteboard, "The route passes through the office area corridor, needing to take a dedicated elevator."

"Finally passing through the open laboratory area. 'Xiao Bai' is responsible for carrying it."

Li Yang checked "Xiao Bai's" mechanical structure and battery status: "The load is within the safe range, the structural strength is no problem."

Chen Guang imported the mission path and restricted areas (such as the wet ground that had just been mopped) into "Xiao Bai's" navigation system:

"Path planning completed, obstacle avoidance algorithm activated, safety redundancy set to the highest level."

Wang Hao found a small camera from somewhere and grinned:

"I'll be responsible for filming the whole process! Record 'Xiao Bai's' official debut!"

Zhao Gong also walked over with his hands behind his back, watching the young people busy with great interest.

Didn't speak, but his eyes carried scrutiny.

The mission began.

"Xiao Bai" steadily carried the navigation unit placed on a special shock-absorbing bracket.

Its four mechanical legs moved in coordination, making a slight and rhythmic "da-da" sound, and walked out of the warehouse.

At first, it went very smoothly.

"Xiao Bai" moved steadily along the planned route.

Slowing down automatically when encountering corners, and stopping in advance to yield when encountering research personnel walking towards it.

Attracting many people to stop and watch, whispering.

"This robot dog is pretty good, quite steady."

"Looks much more spiritual than the previous version."

Wang Hao held the camera, explaining in a low voice while filming:

"Look at 'Xiao Bai's' aura, it's totally official!"

Entering the office area corridor, everything was still normal.

"Xiao Bai" could even identify a small, inconspicuous pit on the ground ahead (possibly knocked off by someone accidentally).

Made a tiny path adjustment in advance and bypassed it steadily.

"Awesome!" Wang Hao couldn't help but praise in a low voice.

Arriving at the elevator lobby, the real test came.

Chen Guang sent a remote command, letting "Xiao Bai" wait in front of the elevator door. The elevator door opened, and it was empty inside.

After "Xiao Bai" confirmed it was safe, it stepped in steadily, and then... it needed to turn around.

To let its butt (the end carrying the cargo) face the elevator button panel.

This turning movement in a narrow space required extremely precise pose control and spatial perception.

Only to see "Xiao Bai's" four legs adjusting quickly in small increments, its body completing a 180-degree turn in an almost perfect arc, stopping the cargo steadily in the center of the elevator.

"Beautiful!" Even Li Yang couldn't help but praise.

Chen Guang remotely pressed the target floor button.

The elevator rose steadily.

Out of the elevator, entering the open laboratory area, only a few dozen meters left to the destination. Victory was in sight!

Just at this moment, an accident happened.

"Xiao Bai" strictly followed the shortest path planning, moving straight toward the target station.

And this path needed to pass through an area temporarily enclosed by movable partitions.

But just five minutes ago, the cleaning auntie had just mopped this area.

And put a yellow "Caution: Slippery" warning sign at the entrance.

But "Xiao Bai's" visual recognition system, for this kind of temporarily placed, non-standardized warning sign.

The recognition priority was not high.

It relied more on the preset restricted area map and real-time obstacle detection.

Thus, in the terrified gaze of everyone (including Feng Yan and others in front of the monitoring screen).

"Xiao Bai" carrying that box of priceless navigation units.

Stepped without hesitation... onto that terrazzo floor that had just been mopped and was still reflecting light!

"Holy crap! Don't!" Wang Hao almost threw the camera.

Only to see "Xiao Bai's" mechanical claw just touch the slippery ground, immediately triggering the slip detection!

Its body swayed violently, the inertia of the load causing the entire machine to instantly lose balance.

It looked like it was about to tip over onto the ground with that "box of navigation units" on its back!

In the blink of an eye, the attitude adjustment mechanism inside "Xiao Bai's" torso and the joint motors of the four legs erupted with amazing response speed!

The four legs were no longer rigid supports, but made micro-adjustments rapidly like living things.

Two diagonal legs instantly pressed down to increase grip.

The other two legs cooperated with the body to perform high-frequency, small-amplitude attitude compensation.

The entire body, with an extremely awkward but incomparably rapid "twist".

Hard-pressed to stabilize its form on the edge of slipping!

It didn't even stop, but immediately adjusted its gait.

Adopting a more cautious "high lift, light landing" mode similar to a cat walking on a slippery surface.

Step by step, steadily... walked through that slippery area.

Finally delivering the cargo safely and undamaged to the designated station.

"Mission accomplished." Chen Guang reported calmly, but there was clearly fine sweat on his forehead.

The entire laboratory area was first dead silent, then erupted into a burst of lingering fear and excited exclamations and applause!

"Holy crap! Scared the hell out of me!" Wang Hao patted his chest, feeling like his heart had just finished a roller coaster ride.

"This dog... that move just now, did it gain sentience?!"

Li Yang stared at the returning data stream, his eyes bright: "Emergency attitude adjustment algorithm effective!"

"Response time was 15 milliseconds faster than expected! Joint motor instantaneous overload protection perfect!"

Even Zhao Gong, who had been expressionless, nodded slightly, evaluating:

"The chassis is tuned well, reliable at critical moments."

Feng Yan let out a long sigh of relief, feeling his legs were a bit soft.

He walked over and patted the metal head of "Xiao Bai", which was parked steadily beside the station as if it had just taken a walk:

"Good dog, thrilling! But... well done!"

That evening, Wang Hao took the edited video (of course, highlighting "Xiao Bai's" steadiness)

(and that "god-level save" at the end, downplaying the planning error).

Added a prank title "Shocking! National-level project core instrument actually transported by 'dog power' and almost flipped!".

Sent it to the team's internal group.

The group exploded instantly.

【Wang Hao: (Video link) Brothers! Our 'Xiao Bai' performed a meritorious service today! Although the process was a bit exciting!】

【Chen Guang: Path planning algorithm needs to add recognition and learning modules for temporary, non-standard ground conditions.

This abnormal data has been recorded as a training sample.】

【Li Yang: Emergency attitude control effective.

Can consider solidifying this mode into a dedicated gait for 'low friction coefficient ground'.】

【Zhao Gong: (Rarely speaks) Dog is not bad, better than some clumsy people.】

【Wang Hao:... Zhao Gong, why does that sound like you're pointing at me?】

【Feng Yan: @everyone Did you see that? This is our team!

Thrilling but safe, practical verification!

'Xiao Bai's' performance this time, I think it can get a 90!

Deducted 10 points because the planning wasn't smart enough! Continue to optimize!】

【Wang Hao: Must be! Next time let 'Xiao Bai' go to the cafeteria to help us get food!】

【Chen Guang: @Wang Hao With its current mechanical claw flexibility and visual recognition precision.

A more likely result is delivering the braised pork accurately into your shirt collar.】

【Wang Hao:... Guangzi, don't expose the truth!】

Feng Yan put down his phone with a smile, looking at the twinkling lights of the research institute outside the window.

He knew that daily life like today, thrilling and joyful, yet full of vitality.

There will be many more in the future, but to reach the step of truly being able to share the country's worries.

They still need to be even stronger.