Chapter 74 Industrial Horn

During this period, scientists suddenly went crazy collectively. They got up at six in the morning and rested after 10 o'clock in the evening.

Their eyes were red, and the cafeteria and elevator were full of their discussions and arguments.

The most important thing is that they are voluntary. If it were not for the government's mandatory regulations, they would like to work more overtime...

In the following period of time, the most proud days of the Wild Wolf Design Bureau began. Their scientific research points were originally surpassed by the Tesla Institute, but now, they have quickly caught up!

Because during the months of their voyage on Mars, they quietly completed a super project: the miniaturization of nuclear power devices!

Ding Yidong's big mouth can hardly hide things. They finally couldn't help but let it out not long after they completed this thing!

This nuclear power device originated from an aircraft carrier. After the improvement of the Wild Wolf Design Bureau, it is smaller in size, but the output power is almost the same, and it has a strong earthquake resistance.

This project is really too important for mankind. What does it mean?

Scientists have newly designed super trains, super excavators, etc. If you want to use nuclear power, then you have to use their devices!

So proud, so proud, the wild laughter of wild wolves can be heard everywhere on the Noah.

A group of young men led by Professor Ding Yidong finally had a good time. They didn't learn the good things, but they learned all the madness of Ding Yidong.

This is not because they temporarily defeated the competitor Tesla Institute, but because of a sense of identity.

The hard-earned scientific research results are like children to scientists. If this result can be recognized by everyone, it will be the most comfortable and happiest thing.

A great industrial horn sounded in November of the new human calendar, and it can be said to be the third industrial revolution. The government began to issue detailed tasks to major enterprises and major research institutes.

Information technology, new energy technology, new material technology, and biotechnology will be the mainstream of this industrial revolution. All laboratories, science and technology institutes and factories have obtained a lot of energy, resources and industrial indicators.

Scientists can let go of their imagination and show their skills.

One by one, old excavators were the first to be active in various mineral resource points, and railways began to be laid. Of course, these old machines are temporary, and they will be used for a while first.

When new super machines are produced, they will be eliminated.

Scientists in various fields such as chemistry, physics, mechanics, biology, etc. are busy all night long. They don't feel tired. In fact, many people are as excited as if they were injected with chicken blood.

This is really an environment that can inspire all imaginations. As long as you have an idea, you can put it forward and design it yourself. You don't need to consider funding issues, and you can even be encouraged by your superiors.

What a great thing!

The research on intelligent robots has become the mainstream of various research institutes. They are stepping up their efforts to study unmanned control methods.

Such robots are not necessarily humanoid. They may be just a mechanical arm, or a car or an excavator, but they must be automatic, unmanned, and intelligent.

Because the population is too small and the amount of mining is too large, automation will be the only means.

Such technology is not out of reach. After decades of research, the automation program has become relatively mature. In the automobile factories in Germany and Japan, full automation has long been achieved.

Now, people just want to promote this automation technology to more places.

In addition, the emergence of unmanned driving technology and artificial intelligence technology in recent years is very instructive for the research of intelligent robots. Scientists are preparing to let intelligent mechanical equipment do more complex work.

Of course, they don't want to study a truly intelligent robot, that would be too difficult. They are still studying something programmed, but the program is more complex and more adaptable.

Satellites are being developed one by one to prepare for unmanned mining in the future...

Yu Yifeng is in the captain's room, drinking tea and reading a report. Compared with the past, he is not very busy now, unless it is a very big thing that needs him to take care of it. It is also very fulfilling to see the progress of the new human civilization every day.

In fact, in addition to his fixed work, Yu Yifeng is learning knowledge almost every day, anyway, all kinds of knowledge are needed. Although he swallowed it whole, he was not deep enough, but he was so-so in breadth, and he could understand most of the reports.

Today, the biggest key is to build the "Kinov Industrial Base". This huge industrial base has 6,000 engineers, scientists and 2,000 mechanical experts!

A total of 8,000 people, accounting for 16% of the total population!

They are building machine tools and various mechanical production lines day and night, such as stamping lines, engine assembly lines, testing lines, and production lines for various parts, etc.

A large number of laboratories are designing intelligent programs for production lines. As long as the Kinov Industrial Base is built, various forms of mechanical equipment can be produced.

Like a snowball, the production energy will become stronger and stronger.

Yu Yifeng picked up a report and read it carefully.

"At nine o'clock in the morning, the first Type III precision parts production line was successfully tested. This line specializes in producing precision parts for mining machines No. 8-27. No accidents occurred during the period, and all data were in line with expectations.

This model of production line can be replicated in seven days, which requires 1,530 tons of steel..."

Yu Yifeng nodded secretly. At this rate, the Kinov Industrial Base will be completed within two or three months after the Chinese New Year.

"At twelve o'clock noon, the railway to and from various mineral resource points was officially completed. The old-fashioned trains have passed the test and can operate normally, with a carrying capacity of about 20,000 tons per trip."

"Some old-fashioned excavators have begun to operate normally. 51 units were initially invested, and the daily output of ore for each unit is about 10,000 tons, which can fully meet daily needs."

"The super train is being designed urgently, and the main work is undertaken by the Wild Wolf Design Bureau. The expected single-trip transportation capacity is at the million-ton level."

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"It's really exaggerated!" Looking at these projects, Yu Yifeng suddenly felt that he was a little out of date. It's true that the bigger the heart is, the bigger the world is.

He calculated carefully and asked doubtfully: "It seems a little wrong. A 100,000-ton excavator is not enough for 300 billion tons of ice ore. Wouldn't it take hundreds of years to dig?"

"Of course not."

His assistant Yuriko happened to hear the question and answered for Yu Yifeng: "Many scientists believe that excavators are not necessarily used to dig ice ore, but a more affordable cutting robot is used."

"Cutting robots are simple in design, cheap in cost, and can be mass-produced."

Because these ices are mixed with a large number of carbon dioxide bubbles, the structure is loose, and the hardness is not as hard as stone, the ice ore can be cut directly into small cubes with a cutter. Then use a crane to transport the cubes to the crawler and directly transport them to the super train.

The ice cube with a side length of about 2 meters can weigh up to 8 tons, and the time for cutting and transportation is 10-20 minutes. All this will be done automatically by machinery without any manpower.

"According to the plan, 300,000 such cutting robots, working 20 hours a day and maintaining for 4 hours, can produce 150 million tons a day. 600,000 cutting robots can produce 300 million tons a day, and it will take less than 1,000 days to complete the ice mine task..." Yuriko spits out a long string of numbers.

"According to the design, one cutting robot consumes 3.3 tons of steel, 13 kilograms of copper, and aluminum..."

She calmly said the data. The cutting robot has a simple structure and the material consumption is about the same as that of a car. In fact, she personally participated in some design work...

Yu Yifeng is not very busy now and can do his job alone. Yuriko participated in the mechanical design, but only came to do some assistant work occasionally. After all, she is still a scientist.

At this time, every manpower must play the maximum role.

Yu Yifeng opened his mouth and his scalp tingled. Hundreds of thousands of robots... So they are going to use the human sea tactics?

But it is also difficult for these scientists. If they don't do this, they can't complete the task at all.

He thought about it carefully. Hundreds of thousands of robots, each with the same amount of work as a car, are not that many...

On Earth, a large automobile factory can produce 1.5 million cars a year. A factory like Shanghai Volkswagen can produce 2 million cars a year!

If the Kinov Industrial Factory is really completed, with a large number of assembly lines that are constantly increasing, this number of robots is really nothing.

300 billion tons of ice is equivalent to the water resources of three Qinghai Lakes, which is barely enough...

(Here is the source of the data: an ordinary excavator on Earth can dig about 1,500-2,000 cubic meters of soil a day, which is equivalent to a mass of about 3,500 tons.

The power of the excavator on the moon is much greater than that on Earth. If it is a little bit awesome, 10,000 tons a day is not too much, right?

And the latest nuclear-powered excavator... This is nuclear power, tall and strong, and the industrial capacity is expanded tenfold, 100,000 tons, is not too much?

Of course, mining is different from digging soil. The rocks in the mining area may be softer or harder, which has an impact. Open-pit mines are much easier to mine than deep pit mines. I won't explain the details in detail. The mining data is a little exaggerated, and everyone should be able to accept it.

Although my writing is a bit exaggerated, it is related to the plot later. After all, no one wants to mine on Mars for ten or eight years, otherwise the whole plot will be too slow. So exaggerate the data a little to speed up the plot process...)