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  Chapter 1175 Entering the drama too deeply

  When he came to Boston Dynamics, Marcus still did not forget to say to Song Yang, "Boston Dynamics still hasn't been able to make a profit, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a profit in a short period of time.

Blackwater Security helped Boston Dynamics back into the procurement list of federal defense suppliers. As long as Mark Leiporter signed, he didn't need him to actually develop any offensive robots, and he could get a sum of three years and four years $100 million R&D subsidy, but Mark Rayporte..."

   Speaking of Boston Dynamics founder Mark Reporter, Marcus was still itchy with anger. He had never seen such a stubborn person, even more stubborn than the donkey raised on the Bruno family farm!

Large-scale farms in America usually raise donkeys to protect themselves from wild wolves. Donkeys are very powerful in combat. Although they sometimes do not distinguish between friends and enemies and easily accidentally injure friendly troops, they are better than hunting dogs in dealing with wolves, foxes, hyenas, etc. It’s even easier to use, and donkeys are all treasures. Raising a donkey can make a lot of money, and it can also prevent wolves. Many farms in America have donkeys.

  Before Alcatel Mobile Phone, PA Semiconductor, Blackwater Security, and the North American Global Investment Foundation jointly acquired Boston Dynamics Robotics.

At that time, the federal defense agency terminated its cooperation with Boston Dynamics, no longer invested in research and development funds for Boston Dynamics, and no longer purchased robots from Boston Dynamics. One point is that Mark Reporter was unwilling to develop aggressive robots, and he was unwilling to bear the infamy of a war executioner, and was finally kicked away by the federal defense agency.

After being acquired, Heishui'an helped Boston Dynamics again through public relations, and got on the supplier list of the federal defense agency. From the federal defense agency, it has received a lot of research and development funding.

Blackwater Security also helped Boston Dynamics get to the R&D list. There is no need to actually develop any attack robots, as long as Boston Dynamics tinkers with a research and development project and fools it. After all, research and development is too uncertain. Who can be sure? It can be successfully developed, so it spent hundreds of millions of dollars to develop an attack robot project, but it failed in the end... Isn’t it normal, everyone is playing like this, pulling America’s wool, is that called pulling, this is what must be paid for scientific progress "cost".

But Mark Reporter was unwilling to play like this, which made Blackwater Security helpless. Finally, in the name of assisting Tahir's security, he purchased a batch of auxiliary robots from Boston Dynamics at a sky-high price. Can they be used? Let’s not talk about it, anyway, the US dollars have to be spent, otherwise what to do if the federal defense agency and the master of Capitol Hill misunderstand that the security of Blackwater is not fulfilling its duties, isn’t it true? !

Anyway, Blackwater Security is already making crazy money from the Tahir War. As one of the largest logistics suppliers of the Federation in Tahir, Blackwater Security sends helicopters, armored vehicles, light weapons, bullets, and various The washing machines, air conditioners, TVs, game consoles, tents, and even water cups and toilet lids purchased by Alcatel Mobile's General Appliances were sent to Tahir. , Last year, the revenue of GM's home appliances exceeded 8.4 billion US dollars, and this year it shouted the slogan of annual revenue of 10 billion US dollars!

Listening to Marcus's gnashing of teeth, Song Yang just laughed, "It is not necessary to develop attack robots. As long as Boston Dynamics develops sweeping robots, massage chairs, medical robots, etc., it can also help the Federation in Tahir. , should get the order!"

Marcus was taken aback when he heard that, and Greg, who was looking at Boston Dynamics, also froze in his footsteps. They felt that Song Yang was really impolite, and they really planned to squeeze out Amerika's wool in Tahir. In a place where wars are fought, what kind of sweeping robots and massage chairs are used? !

It is not necessary now, but it will not be necessary in the future. Taher’s war of more than 20 years has just begun, and Song Yang is just a little bit of wool. Let’s talk about Ameri and so many powerful people. With the big shot, who hasn't plucked wool in it.

   "Professor Mark Rayport!"

After entering, several Boston Dynamics executives, including Mark Leiport and Zhou Bailin, came out to welcome Song Yang. When Song Yang saw Mark Leiport, he first reached out to Mark Leiport, giving the robot industry enough The face of authority figures.

  Mark Leiporter is also looking at his big benefactor. Seeing is worth seeing. Of course, he is no stranger to Song Yang's name, and he has heard too many rumors.

  It was still the same as before, with a bit of arrogance as a technical expert, but when facing Song Yang, Mark Leiporter was still unavoidably a little cautious.

   "Table...Director Bruno!"

   Zhou Bailin saw Song Yang, just opened his mouth, noticed the occasion, and changed his words to Song Yang.

  Song Yang nodded his head towards Zhou Bailin. For his own people, he didn't need to show too much at this time, and then he turned his attention to Mark Rayport.

Zhou Bailin was named Boston Dynamics and served as the director of Boston Dynamics' newly established commercial robot department. In fact, he represented Song Yang's "supervisor" in Boston Dynamics. · Lei Porter learns the top robotics technology.

I have already had my own experience on how to deal with a technical expert like Mark Rayport, "Professor Mark Rayport, I have heard Bai Lin say that here is the best robot technology in the world. Always looking forward to seeing you!"

  Hearing Song Yang's words, he knew that Song Yang was flattering him, but being praised by the number one person in the technology industry in America now inevitably made Mark Leibert feel a little smug, and then showed a reserved look on his face.

  "Although there are many robot companies in Japan, Germany and other places, most of the robots developed by those robot companies are tools without a "soul". They can only do some worthless actions repeatedly..."

   Regarding Mark Leiporter's remarks, Song Yang did not refute whether he agreed with his point of view or not, but just nodded with a smile.

After getting in touch with Mark Leiporter, Song Yang immediately understood why Boston Dynamics, so famous and boasted to the sky, did not make money from life and death. Instead, it was FANUC, KUKA, Kawasaki and other industrial robots. The company makes billions of dollars a year, and the sales of robots are soaring. Even those who sell robot vacuum cleaners make billions of dollars a year.

  Boston Dynamics does have technology, but Mark Reporter looks down on those industrial and household robots, and he wants to develop "humanoid intelligent robots" that can learn, think and even have their own ideas.

Mark Leiporter's Bigger is indeed tall, but it is a pity that Bigger can't be eaten as a meal. This also caused robot companies such as FANUC to flourish in the future, but Boston Dynamics has become a giant in the hands of giant companies. Get large toys, be sold here and there, and always gain a foothold in the industry.

  Song Yang didn't intend to argue with Mark Leiport or anything, so what if he wins the quarrel, could it be possible to drive Mark Leiport away? !

  Boston Dynamics is all supported by Mark Reporter, who drove him away. Where can I find a big cow in the robotics industry? I am afraid that the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the acquisition of Boston Dynamics will be in vain.

No matter how paranoid Mark Reporter is, and no matter how many ideas he has, as long as he can develop the robot that Song Yang asked him to develop, the rest is up to Mark Reporter. The technology industry needs paranoiacs to follow. Crazy, stick to the rules can't produce miracles!

   "Now Boston Dynamics is mainly developing two robots, one is the "Black Swan" robot that can move flexibly and dance.

The other one is capable of "deep learning", which is mainly jointly developed with Bell Labs. Technologies such as "artificial neural network" and "data collection" are introduced into this robot, and it is used for experimental learning of the "Alpha Go robot" for Go games. ! "

Mark Leiport took Song Yang, Greck, Marcus and others to a large laboratory of Boston Dynamics. The first thing he saw was a robot more than two meters high with various lines on his body. It looks big, but it is very flexible. It can jump on the table and walk across the single-plank bridge. As for the splits and Thomas in hip-hop, it is even easier for the "Black Swan" robot.

For those who saw it for the first time, seeing these movements made by the "Black Swan", the shock and impact in their hearts were huge, and Marcus's idea of ​​throwing a money-losing ship also faded. , giving birth to a feeling of "the light of human science and technology".

As for the Alpha robot, it is also a big guy now, and it is constantly simulating various chess games. A Go player can only play how many games in a lifetime, while the robot can play 30 million or more games to learn, and then All these data are recorded on the chip and can be searched at any time. It is not so much a competition with an Alpha robot as a competition with a supercomputer with a human brain!

Looking at the expressions of Marcus, Greck and others, Mark Reporter looked a little proud. These two robots are really his painstaking efforts. The purpose is to shock everyone who sees them when they appear out of nowhere!

"After the two robots "Black Swan" and "Alpha" have been optimized and upgraded, I am going to let the whole world see them and let the whole world know what is the current state of robot technology. , they are definitely not the clumsy mechanical arms on the assembly line!"

Song Yang seemed to agree and nodded, but he didn't think about anything. The idea of ​​what this thing can do, Mark Reporter wants to pretend to be a bi, which is also a good thing for Boston Dynamics, otherwise how can he attract the attention of leeks? , Just like graphene, this thing has to be played by many people to cut leeks.

   When Mark Reporter finishes installing Bi and Boston Dynamics becomes famous, then he can find Silicon Valley venture capital, Wall Street institutions, and overseas consortiums to throw money at Boston Dynamics!

   "What about the commercial robotics project?!"

   After visiting these two robots, Song Yang asked about the commercial robot project. Although Mark Reporter was not interested in any commercial robots, he accompanied Song Yang to the newly established commercial robot department of Boston Dynamics.

   "At present, the commercial robot department in Boston is mainly developing three products, the sweeping robot, the balance car, and the express sorting robot jointly developed with Amazon."

Zhou Bailin, who is in charge of managing this department, said to Song Yang and the others, and then added, "President Mark Rayport, he has been of great help to the commercial robot department. He helped complete the design of the sweeping robot and the express sorting robot. , as soon as next year, Boston Dynamics' first-generation sweeping robot will be able to go online!"

  Mark Reporter is indeed a big player in the industry. Even if he is not interested in commercial robots, but with his help, the development progress of projects such as sweeping robots is very fast.

   "Song, these projects are just insignificant "small" projects. The Black Swan, Alpha and other intelligent robots are the key to the arrival of the robot era!"

Mark Leiport just waved his hand indifferently, telling Song Yang not to "do nothing" and pay attention to things like sweeping robots. In Mark Leiport's eyes, those things, compared with the two robots of the Alpha , not even a fraction.

  "Professor Mark Reporter, intelligent robots are of course the key, but we need to let the outside world have a process of accepting the robot era. Human beings will have fear and anxiety about new things, and it is impossible to accept the arrival of an era abruptly.

But when robots such as sweeping robots, blind guide robots, search and rescue robots, medical robots, robot chefs, miner robots, etc. are flooded in human society, and robots become the most important part of human society, and even a part of human culture, robots The time will come naturally!

  What Boston Dynamics needs to do is to lead the arrival of this era, so...these robots are equally important. Only Professor Mark Reporter can lead the arrival of this era, the future father of intelligent robots, Mr. "

Song Yang picked up a sweeping robot, and said to Mark Reporter solemnly, there was no intention of joking at all. Marcus and Greg, the two people who are most familiar with Song Yang, stared at the crazy man with their mouths dumbfounded. Song Yang, who painted big cakes, they didn’t believe a word of Song Yang’s words. The era of robots came, didn’t they just let Mark Lei Porter act like a bull and horse, and quickly developed all kinds of sweeping robots This type of functional robot!

  That nonsense, it’s all about hanging radishes on mules’ heads, fooling the ghosts, wanting mules to run fast, and refusing to eat radishes, who knows when the era of robots will come.

   But looking at Mark Rayport, whose face was already extremely excited, panting heavily, and clenched his fists tightly at this moment, Grek and Marcus felt that someone might have gotten too deep into the drama.

   "Song, I have found the meaning of Boston Dynamics' existence. I doubted it before, but now I am sure that the era of intelligent robots will definitely come, and it is in the hands of Boston Dynamics!"

  (end of this chapter)