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When Mantou learned that the Night City factory production line wasn’t fully automated but instead had workers swap to cybernetic limbs to handle the high-speed line, she thought she had misheard.
Are these people out of their minds?
Is the emperor really using a golden hoe to farm?
Arthur shook his head upon hearing the other party’s demand.
"You’ve got quite the demands; so many functions, it still has to be inconspicuous, and yet it’s got to be smart."
He gulped down a glass of wine, looking at the dangerous Wanderer, his gaze somewhat lost, settling on the warehouse door frame once the other returned to the storage room.
Somehow, he burst into laughter.
"Why don’t you go build a smart door frame?"
Then he answered himself.
"Hic... I forgot, smart door frames are out of vogue; they’re everywhere on the streets..."
Mantou blinked, how does this thing relate to robots?
Has anyone ever said a robot has to have a humanoid form?
"Hey!" Mantou’s eyes lit up.
"What if we combine a door with a robot, is there potential?"
"Door robot? There’s no potential in that."
Li Jian Country’s eyes widened at his daughter’s suggestion.
"You’ve been squeezed by doors too many times as a child, why would you use a door as a design prototype?"
"Shut up!" Li Jiangang stiffened his neck and retorted, "I can do whatever I want in the game, can you control me? It’s not your money I’m using! I make more money than your retirement fund!"
"Once my robot is complete, I’ll have it squeeze your head every day to knock some sense into you, old relic."
She said, and began to jot down on paper in front of old Deng.
"See, humans have two legs, doors can have two legs too. Conceal in forests, conceal in cities, so it’s quite reasonable to use a door as a smart machine prototype, right?"
Li Jian Country gave a sarcastic chuckle.
What can be done, when one hasn’t entered the game? Orders have been given from above; whatever the daughter says goes.
If it were earlier, there’d be a feather duster for such talk to his father.
What can be done, indeed.
Hands tucked into sleeves.
"In the river, this Ganges River."
Ah, right, right, you say what it is.
He could only use this as a starting point to discuss with his daughter.
"The issue is that the hollow structure of the door frame limits the type of components it can equip. Even if game balance and mobility issues are solved, how will functionality be? You don’t actually think of just making a door frame, do you?"
With mechanical legs on both sides of the frame, and a beam on top, what can you equip?
Mantou pondered for a while before speaking.
"We’re planning to use partitioned modular plugin design, allowing customization with needed modules for the door frame robot."
Then she started drawing on a blank sheet of paper for her dad.
Given the robot itself lacks internal space, we’ll simply attach the functional modules outside; the body will only need to provide mobility and control attributes.
"The NPC from the firm, the boss gave me some suggestions. We can divide modules into living attachments, attack attachments, defense attachments, radiation-proof attachments, etc."
Segment an equipment into different attachment systems, each of which could be sold separately, awesome!
"For example, foldable bulletproof armor plate designs as defense attachments, stored on leg sides usually, then expanded as door panels for a shield when needed."
"Design the automatic machine gun as an attack attachment, usually mounted atop or on sides, with cameras for surveillance that can also recognize danger, serving as an inspection door."
Li Jian Country stroked his beard, "What about recoil? Your design usually results in high product center-of-gravity; once a machine gun is mounted, even the firing recoil could send it rolling on the ground."
Li Jiangang rubbed his forehead; indeed, she hadn’t considered this issue.
"Then... increase the foot base for more support?"
Li Jian Country rolled his eyes.
"Incorporate explosive steel spikes in the foot, which can burst into the ground for added stability when needed."
Mantou’s eyes lit up, "Yes, yes, we could do that!"
Nonetheless, discussing here leads nowhere as such designs’ complexity far exceeds simplistic exoskeleton contraptions.
At best, they’re at conceptual design stage; when putting into action and moving towards production, every structure needs refinement and rationalization.
From a screw or casing or light to a larger structure design, each component needs an individual blueprint, refined to a production phase.
The design stack for a jet aircraft could fill an entire warehouse.
Nevertheless, the good news is that the game has advanced industrial vector modeling software, even surpassing reality...
Upon connecting the neck interface, they can quickly model and assemble trial runs for components.
Thus Mantou runs between game and reality, discussing concepts and blueprints with her dad and his team outside, determining structures and functions without delving into material specifics or structural refinement.
While Arthur’s studio is responsible for modeling and realizing in-game products.
Arthur marvels at Mantou’s mind, how did you come up with so much in such a short time?
Furthermore, your design, seems like you’ve really made a spectacle out of the door!