"Do you like it? I see that you don't seem to have a live pet, so I want to give you a robot dog."
Yin Suya looked at Xia Yu with some anticipation.
She observed very carefully. Xia Yu, who didn't want to be a poop scooper, had neither cats nor dogs. He also kept several big cats on Kana Island. He didn't have any pets in Modu.
If you don’t like living pets, how about robotic pets?
"I like it. Thank you, Senior. You are the best!"
No one can resist a dog with a camera, just like no one can resist a man with a camera.
Xia Yu said very excitedly.
Even though he has a simulated cyborg named Walter, he is just an assistant, not a pet. This is his first dog in his life, but this dog is not cheap, right?
The basic selling price is 10,000 yuan, which is much more expensive than those dogs that eat dog food. Adding taxes and transportation costs, it is no worse than the Tibetan Mastiff that was sold for over one million yuan back then.
The senior sister has earned a lot in the past two years, but she spent so much money to buy him a robot dog, which shows how high his status in her heart is.
Xia Yu was touched. He decided to take good care of the Spot and not let his senior sister's money go to waste.
"As long as you like it, do you want to try it out?"
He tried it right away. He put the lying Spot on the ground, studied it for a while, and installed a power battery pack on it.
“Beep~~”
The green light came on, and Spot successfully powered on. It detected that it was lying on its back, and its mechanical limbs opened and rotated, pushing its body back to standing mode.
It was quite impressive. Xia Yu was curious whether this mass-produced machine could reach the level of the prototype. Then he stretched out his leg and kicked Spot.
Spot: I may not be human, but you are a real dog.
The slight force caused Spot to shake a few times, but fortunately he didn't fall flat on his face. He adjusted his posture well and maintained his body's center of gravity.
Xia Yu then tested several items such as going up and down stairs, running in small steps, etc. The overall evaluation showed that the mobility was okay, but the intelligence level was relatively low. It would appear very dull if it was not controlled by a handle.
Xia Yu felt that he would have something to do for a while, as he wanted to play and fight with people like a real dog, and he also had to upgrade the software and hardware.
He had previously used a programming buff, relying on the main control computer on the Prometheus to brute force the Spot's program and rewrite it.
In terms of hardware, the power battery pack must be upgraded first, and the mechanical limbs must also be replaced with better materials, but the motor does not need to be changed.
If all of this is replaced, it would be like building a robot dog by myself. Xia Yu has no plans to enter the robotics industry for the time being, but the relevant technical reserves are already underway.
The space mining industry cannot do without high automation, and using machines to replace manpower in more links is the future development trend. If Boston Dynamics had not been acquired by Hyundai Group, Xia Yu would really consider buying it.
In 2014, Boston Dynamics was spun off from MIT and acquired by Google for $3 billion.
In 2017, SoftBank chose to take over the company from Google, and the transaction price is unknown.
In 2020, Hyundai Group confirmed that it would acquire Boston Dynamics for less than 1 trillion won (about US$921 million).
After several changes of hands, the value of Boston Dynamics has shrunk significantly. This is not a moral decline, but the landlord has no surplus food.
Research and development is too expensive. According to Mark Reibert, the founder of Boston Dynamics, a robot product that has not undergone at least 25 years of dedicated research is not sufficient for commercialization.
Now 28 years have passed, and the successful commercialization of Spot has not achieved ideal sales results. Not many wealthy people are willing to pay $75,000 to buy a robot dog.
From this perspective, Hyundai will not be able to hold on for a few years and will sell Boston Dynamics?
Who knows what will happen in the future? Anyway, Xia Yu lost this opportunity and lost some technical reserves that could be used right away.
However, he still has epoch-making weapons in his hands, which are all mature technologies that can be used once they are fully understood.
This is also the reason why Xia Yu does not regret not buying Boston Dynamics. At most it is a little troublesome, but would someone who already has a finished product be afraid of trouble?
"Then Senior Sister, I'll take it back with me."
Xia Yu and his senior said, "Resist the urge to stuff Spot and the box into the space."
"Well, it's yours, you have the final say."
"This is for you. Happy 24th birthday, Senior."
After receiving the gift from the senior, Xia Yu gave a gift in return.
Taking the small box, Yin Suya didn't know what was inside. She guessed it might be jewelry?
You guessed half right!
After opening the box, a square, clear and dazzling turquoise gem lay inside.
"The peridot I dug myself weighed 1,000 carats after cutting, which is very rare in the market."
Xia Yu said as he put his arm around the senior's slender waist.
Women all love gems, the bigger the better. Yin Suya didn't expect this, but she was still surprised when she got it.
Hers is a little smaller than Jiang Baiying's, but it is more playable and more suitable for making jewelry.
However, green gemstones are more suitable for wearing on the hands and neck, and would look strange if worn on the head.
A famous queen of standby had a beautiful emerald crown, and then her husband...
In short, even if this peridot is suitable, it will not be made into jewelry. It can just be played with casually.
"It's so beautiful, much more valuable than the gift I gave you."
“Don’t worry about the price, it’s the thought that counts. Price doesn’t matter to me.”
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