Chapter 541: Test Type 1

Next, Wang Jun hopped up and down a few times.

Immediately after, he walked briskly and even jogged a few laps around the small courtyard that had just been cordoned off downstairs from the Laboratory; the sound of the mechanical joints moving could be heard clearly.

"We made some simple modifications to some key areas during our previous tests, which increased its flexibility slightly compared to before!"

Beside Sun Cheng, a young researcher said with some excitement.

His name is Zhen Dao, one of the two doctoral students Sun Cheng had transferred from Professor Chen Yuan's team, a young man with a fanatical interest in mecha-type products that far exceeded Sun Cheng's own.

After the two sets of exoskeleton mecha were delivered to the Laboratory, he was the first researcher to voluntarily apply to join Sun Cheng's team, and also the first to apply to wear the Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor to test its performance.

Sun Cheng thinks highly of Zhen Dao; this top student who graduated with a major in mechanical manufacturing has already gotten up and worn the exoskeleton mecha to test it twice, proposed multiple improvement plans, and personally modified several joint positions, allowing the sensitivity of 'Test Type 1' to improve slightly compared to before.

Do not underestimate this slight improvement; for a young man who has only been in contact with mecha for a short ten days or so, it is enough to show Zhen Dao's talent in this area.

Following that, Wang Jun struck a pose like a boxer, jumping up and down, then throwing left hooks and right hooks, and finally bending over to throw straight punches.

And it must be said, this guy was doing it quite convincingly; he probably had watched some boxing match videos.

Under the strenuous exercise, the friction sounds from the joints of the Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor on his body were constant, but no problems ever appeared.

Cheers rang out incessantly, but large beads of sweat began to appear on Wang Jun's face, and he also started to pant heavily.

"That's enough, Wang, stop playing... The exoskeleton armor can only reduce some burden when you are carrying heavy objects after wearing it; you aren't carrying any heavy objects right now, and this set of armor weighs over ten kilograms!"

After letting Wang Jun rest for a while, Sun Cheng then spoke: "Let's proceed with the load-bearing test!"

The Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor in Sun Cheng's plan was originally only intended to be developed for military use.

However, recently, other researchers at the 【Intelligent Machinery Laboratory】, especially Zhen Dao, had repeatedly proposed to him that a civilian version could be developed and extended, and even specifically wrote a discussion and plan for the civilian field, which made Sun Cheng realize that in the civilian field, the Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor also had great potential.

For example, in the medical field, different models of Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor could allow patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other muscle-wasting diseases to regain the ability to walk, and even some disabled people might regain the ability to walk and work.

And in the industrial field, workers equipped with Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor would all possess the ability to easily lift objects weighing tens of kilograms, and even after continuing to improve it, it would not be difficult for this carrying capacity to exceed one hundred kilograms.

However, humans had already invented industrial transport vehicles like forklifts in modern times, which could easily transport ton-level cargo.

Although forklifts also have areas they cannot reach, Sun Cheng was not very optimistic about the competition between the mechanical exoskeleton and industrial transport vehicles in this field in the short term.

But overall, he still supported the research team in conducting in-depth research.

The functions of industrial transport vehicles are too singular, and they have various limitations.

However, with the example of the various industrial robots created by the Decepticon engineers, the prospects after the technology becomes more mature are still worth looking forward to.

Perhaps having heard that the Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor was to be tested again, some researchers from other project groups at the 【Intelligent Machinery Laboratory】 who had free time also ran out of the office building, and the small courtyard below was soon surrounded by many people.

Sun Cheng glanced and saw they were all familiar faces, plus the few retired soldiers who had just started their posts outside the Laboratory were still diligently on duty outside, so he did not drive the onlookers away.

In one corner of the small courtyard, four Alloy Cases filled with bricks and stones were neatly placed there.

These were specially brought and placed there to test the 'Test Type 1' exoskeleton armor; each Alloy Case filled with bricks and stones weighed approximately thirty-eight kilograms.

Wang Jun seemed to have gradually become accustomed to the 'Test Type 1' exoskeleton he was wearing, and after hearing Sun Cheng's request, he responded and walked toward the four metal cases.

Because he was wearing a device similar to alloy gloves on his hands, wanting to carry things normally would inevitably lead to unstable gripping due to friction.

The research team had already discovered this phenomenon, and Zhen Dao was preparing to specifically re-develop the originally used alloy gloves in the next stage, polishing metal particles or engraving patterns on the fingertips and palms to prevent slipping.

Before that, to prevent this phenomenon, the four Alloy Cases in the small courtyard were all custom-made, with special handles on them.

The Alloy Case weighing approximately thirty-eight kilograms was not considered heavy for the 'Test Type 1' exoskeleton armor.

Wang Jun walked to the cases somewhat clumsily like a robot, bent down to pick up one of the cases, and exerted force suddenly to lift it.

"Hmph!"

He gave a light grunt, then immediately had an embarrassed look on his face.

"Um, I feel the exoskeleton should add some load-bearing force to the arms..."

A heavy object of nearly forty kilograms can be carried by an adult male.

It's just that for a science and engineering guy like Wang Jun who doesn't like to exercise much, it was still somewhat strenuous.

This actually counts as a shortcoming of all mechanical exoskeleton armors currently on the market, including the HULC being tested by the US military; the load-bearing is mainly reflected in the back, relying on the mechanical spine and several steel shafts on the back to increase load-bearing force, while the enhancement to the hands is limited.

"Don't worry, we are currently considering adding a set of drive shafts to the arms..."

Zhen Dao smiled from the side.

"If we change the supply cases to a metal standard, we could actually design a set of electromagnetic adsorption systems for it; the improvement to arm strength would be more obvious than drive shafts!"

No one nearby mocked Wang Jun; the researchers who had previously worn 'Test Type 1' had all reported this problem.

Everyone was indeed considering how to improve 'Test Type 1'.

Sun Cheng was very satisfied with this atmosphere; pooling everyone's wisdom is indeed stronger than one person's intelligence.

Although he had considered many things when designing it before, 'Test Type 1' still had various problems.

Among these, some problems had already been discovered and work had begun to solve them, and various improvement suggestions regarding the Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor were also constantly increasing.

This is a good start!

Wang Jun wore 'Test Type 1' and, following the tester's requirements, moved back and forth for over an hour before he was tired like a dead dog and sat down on several Alloy Cases.

"Let's end today's test here; we have also discovered quite a few problems with the 'Test Type 1' Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor recently, and there are still areas that need improvement."

"The first stage of testing ends here; for the next month, I need you to solve the discovered problems as much as possible and further perfect it..."

"If you still have energy, there are enough materials and equipment in the Laboratory, which is completely enough for you to DIY a new mecha!"

"Of course, out of confidentiality principles, the Full Electric Drive System, Lithium-Air Battery, and Control Chip will not be opened to you for the time being."

"However, I will gradually open more Core technologies to you later; that is all!"