Chapter 86: The Hilarious Daily Life of the Knowledge-Action Robot

The special forces brigade and police team completed their missions smoothly, bringing about a 180-degree turnaround in the internal atmosphere of the Longyin Research Institute.

"Brothers! We're going to make money!" Feng Yan slapped a stack of cooperation agreements on the table, his eyes shining.

"The cooperation with Swift Wind Logistics has been finalized!"

"The first batch of one hundred Knowledge-Action One logistics robots, improved from the Xiao Bai platform, will be deployed to their smart park for a pilot next week!"

Wang Hao was still lounging in his chair, savoring the thrill of a missile's precise hit, when hearing this he jerked upright: "What? Let our Xiao Bai missile platform deliver express packages?!"

"It's not a missile platform, it's the civilian derivative model of Xiao Bai, the Knowledge-Action One." Li Yang corrected.

Before him lay the optimized blueprints of the Knowledge-Action One, which were much smoother compared to the rugged military version.

The lines became much rounder, and the load capacity and endurance were also adjusted for logistics scenarios.

"Same idea!" Wang Hao exclaimed in anguish.

"This feels like letting Guan Yu sell dates and Zhang Fei butcher pigs! It's a waste of talent, Brother Feng!"

Chen Guang pushed up his glasses, looking at the visual recognition algorithm code of the Knowledge-Action One on the screen, and calmly interjected:

"Implementing technology and generating commercial value is an important link in the R&D closed loop."

"Moreover, data feedback from logistics scenarios has positive significance for optimizing path planning and environmental interaction algorithms."

Zhao Gong then slowly took a sip of tea:

"If something is made, it must be used. What is technology? Only when technology is applied in practice is it truly technology!"

"That's how it was said, but when the first batch of silver-gray, smooth-lined Knowledge-Action One robots topped with a cute storage box"

Really, when they lined up and entered the smart park of Swift Wind Logistics, full of modern vibe, the scene still inevitably went off-track.

On the first day of the pilot run, Feng Yan led the core team to stand ready at the park's monitoring center.

At first everything went smoothly.

Dozens of Knowledge-Action Ones, following the preset program, carried parcels.

Along the designated electronic route, they shuttled smoothly between the office area, sorting center, and staff living quarters.

This drew a crowd of curious and amazed onlookers from the park staff.

"Wow! This robot is so cool!"

"Look at how it turns, so steady!"

"From now on, do we not need to go downstairs to pick up express deliveries?"

Wang Hao looked at the monitoring screen, proudly crossing his legs.

"See? Steady as an old dog! I said our technical foundation is fine......"

He hadn't finished speaking when an unexpected situation occurred.

On the monitoring screen, a Knowledge-Action One numbered 007 was carrying a pink packaging box of a certain famous fashion brand, driving along the park's main thoroughfare.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the skirt of a female white-collar worker in a long dress ahead fluttered up.

The vivid color and flowing motion instantly attracted the visual sensor of 007.

Only see 007 suddenly make an emergency stop, its top-mounted camera firmly locking onto that fluttering skirt.

The chassis slightly adjusted direction, and then... it followed after!

"Alert! 007 has deviated from the preset route! Target locked on abnormal dynamic object!" the monitoring system prompted.

In the picture, 007 persistently chased the female white-collar worker's skirt.

This caused the lady to panic and look back, letting out a series of screams, while the surrounding people stared agape.

"Holy crap!" Wang Hao almost slid off his chair, "Is it treating the skirt as a moving target to track?!"

Li Yang frowned tightly: "The visual recognition algorithm carries a risk of misjudgment for fast-moving, colorful, irregular objects."

"We need to add dynamic object filtering rules."

Chen Guang had already begun retrieving 007's log data:

"Preliminary judgment: the priority setting for dynamic targets was set too high, failing to effectively distinguish mission targets from environmental interference."

Feng Yan raised his forehead: "Quickly intervene remotely, make it stop!"

The staff, flustered, sent a forced stop command, and 007 only stopped a few meters away from the frightened female white-collar worker.

The indicator light on top blinked innocently blue.

This was just the beginning.

Not long after, another Knowledge-Action One numbered 013, while delivering a package to a semi-open office area,

was blocked by a transparent glass sensing door.

This door was designed for aesthetics, with no obvious frame or handle.

013 stopped in front of the door, its lidar scanning the smooth glass surface, while its camera captured the scene beyond.

It "thought" for a full half minute, seemingly trying to understand what this "invisible obstacle" was and how to pass through.

Finally, it chose the most direct solution.

It attempted to gently nudge the glass door with its mechanical buffer bumper.

"Clang" a light sound, the door was fine, but 013 itself was pushed back half a step by the reaction force, and its top indicator light turned yellow, indicating confusion.

In the monitoring center, someone couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Is it... is it pondering a dog's life?" Wang Hao pointed at the robot on the screen staring blankly at the glass door, and immediately burst out laughing.

Li Yang recorded expressionlessly: "Insufficient environmental semantic understanding; the recognition and handling logic for transparent obstacles and special access structures needs strengthening."

Chen Guang added: "Consider connecting to the park's building structure database to preload obstacle information."

After finally resolving the glass door incident, a new situation arose in the afternoon.

A Knowledge-Action One responsible for restocking the small supermarket within the park,

while passing through a decorative paved path with a slight slope and cobblestones.

In pursuit of the "optimal path," it rigidly moved forward in a straight line calculated by the algorithm.

As a result, the wheel got stuck in the gap between cobblestones, unable to move, and could only flash a red light to send a distress signal.

There was also a time when a robot, while dodging a child that suddenly burst out.

Emergency braking caused the package to tumble out of the storage box.

It actually ignored the fallen package and persisted in moving toward the empty destination…

After a day of the pilot, laughter rose and fell in the monitoring center.

Wang Hao clutched his stomach and shouted, "I'm laughing so hard my abs hurt," and even Li Yang's mouth corner would occasionally twitch uncontrollably.

On the terminal in front of Chen Guang, the recorded list of issues stretched on in a long string.

Almost all were various unexpected, life‑filled, bizarre scenes.

The contact person at the "Speedwind" logistics side was a bit worried at first, but later was also amused.

Feedback said that although minor issues kept occurring, employee acceptance was high, and they found the robots "a bit adorably clumsy."

Moreover, overall efficiency did improve, especially by eliminating a lot of the hassle of manpower running errands back and forth.

When he returned to the institute at night, Wang Hao was still vividly describing the robots chasing skirts and crashing into glass doors.

He was retorted back by Li Yang's cold remark, "Algorithm bug, nothing funny."

Feng Yan watched the team members' faces, weary yet relaxed, and saw Chen Guang and Li Yang already beginning to discuss optimization plans for the day's issues.

He understood that this seemingly "comedic" pilot was an indispensable step toward the technology's maturation.

These "pitfalls" that could never be discovered in a closed test arena only emerge one by one in real, complex, uncertain life scenarios.

"Alright, stop laughing," Feng Yan said, clapping his hands.

"We've seen all the problems; next is to solve them."

"Our 'Knowledge‑Action No. 1' must quickly evolve from a 'comedic role' into a 'reliable teammate,' otherwise the logistics side will really have to return the goods!"