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Chapter 218: Knitting Sweaters VS Beef Chow Fun?

Chen Jue hadn't expected that his Magic Cube Group would run into FANUC at this World Robot Conference.

After all, in today's industrial robot field, FANUC is a globally leading brand in terms of R\u0026D, manufacturing, design, and sales.

It is recognized in the industry as the number one industrial robot brand in the world.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Japanese have been constantly exposed for falsifying data on manufactured industrial products in recent years, causing the reputation and credibility of "Made in Japan" to decline, and even the sales of their proud Japanese cars have been crushed by domestic brands, with various 'I'm so sorry' bows to the media.

But it must be said that in some cutting-edge fields, the Japanese do have their own unique advantages thanks to more than half a century of technological accumulation.

As for those internationally qualified to compete with FANUC, they are basically big names like ABB of Switzerland, KUKA of Germany, and Kawasaki of Japan.

Although domestic industrial robots have also begun to catch up in recent years, increasing investment and R\u0026D efforts every year.

But starting too late and with too much historical debt, their market share and reputation are far inferior to international giants like FANUC.

Even the 'Magic Cube Arm' manufactured by Chen Jue using MC high-performance materials is far less flexible than its counterparts in some aspects.

Because judging whether an industrial robot is excellent does not rely on simple advanced materials.

The components of industrial robots are very complex; it is a comprehensive working system, usually categorized into six major components: robot body, controller, sensor, cable, tool module, and operation panel.

Even if the component materials such as [Iron Block] and [Copper Block] produced by MC have high strength, precision, and performance parameters.

Electronic semiconductors, such as the 32-bit high-computing power chip running inside the robot.

And the more critical driver software, are the weak points of the Magic Cube Group.

Although Shenji provided Chen Jue with an open-source version of the driver program as a foundation, Shenji themselves couldn't handle advanced industrial robots.

One can imagine how坑爹 that thing is!

If Chen Jue hadn't spent a lot of money and benefits to recruit more than 10,000 mechanical engineers externally, and upgraded and optimized the original simple driver program with collective efforts.

The flexibility of the Magic Cube Arm would barely reach about 80% of the level of mainstream products on the market.

Otherwise, Chen Jue wouldn't even want to participate in this World Robot Conference in the capital.

What's the point?

Showing off before the internal skills are well-honed is just embarrassing oneself in front of foreign brands?

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Dai Cheng saw his boss staring intently at the FANUC robot across the way knitting a sweater.

Seeing that he was so engrossed, he took out a PAD: "President Chen, this is the marketing and promotion display plan from our technical department. Please take a look and see if any changes are needed?"

Chen Jue came back to his senses, took the promotional plan on the PAD, and fixed his eyes on it.

In the demonstration screen, three Magic Cube Arms were working together in a home kitchen to prepare a meal.

One was responsible for washing and preparing the vegetables, one was responsible for grabbing the seasonings, and the last one picked up the wok shovel and stir-fried in the hot oil.

Finally, a plate of Cantonese beef chow fun, which requires very skillful cooking, was served on the table.

The picture doesn't look strange, after all, professional commercial cooking robots have been on the market for several years.

With the current level of cooking robots, various cooking techniques such as frying, deep-frying, and boiling can be easily done. Except for some difficult dishes in the eight major cuisines, basic home-cooked dishes are not a big problem.

However, cooking robots and industrial robots belong to different tracks after all.

Relying on three industrial-grade Magic Cube Arms to complete such delicate stir-frying actions across borders is definitely no less creative than the two FANUC robots across the way knitting sweaters.

But after reading it, Chen Jue couldn't help but shake his head: "No! If it's an ordinary exhibition, this plan can be凑合, but not this time!"

As soon as these words came out, several engineers who were setting up the Magic Cube Group's booth were as uncomfortable as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

The promotional plan that they had racked their brains to come up with was rejected by the big boss in one sentence.

It is conceivable how collapsed these employees would be at this moment, with all the preliminary preparations going down the drain.

Seeing this, Dai Cheng also frowned: "President Chen, there are less than 12 hours before the opening tomorrow. I'm afraid it's too late to change the plan now, right?"

A young engineer wearing glasses also approached at this time: "Hello, Chairman! My name is Qian Yun, and I am the chief designer of the technical department in charge of the plan."

"This 'Beef Chow Fun' plan晋级 after 6 rounds of PK within the technical department. I don't know what doesn't suit your taste?"

Seeing this young engineer leading the team stand up to protest, a bunch of Magic Cube Group employees were stunned.

Dare to confront their own big boss so directly, is he planning to quit?

Chen Jue was also slightly taken aback when he saw this, and looked at the person in front of him and the work card hanging on his chest: "Qian Yun? P8 position? This name sounds familiar... That's right! I remember you! I approved your entry and job placement!"

Chen Jue's eyes lit up, and he had a deep impression of this Qian Yun.

Because the design plan for sticking OLED flexible screens on the facade of the Magic Cube factory to create a light show was created by this young man with glasses.

Unexpectedly, this person was also selected as the chief creator for this World Robot Conference exhibition.

It can only be said that gold always shines.

He has won several major awards in the domestic design field at a young age, and he does have something.

"Thank you, Chairman, for remembering me! Then the booth plan..." Qian Yun was also stunned when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Magic Cube Group, such a big company with nearly 30,000 employees, would actually be able to stand out and be remembered by the chairman.

One can imagine how much honor and opportunity this is.

As a result, the anger that had sprung up in Qian Yun's heart when his plan was rejected had subsided by more than half.

Seeing that the other party was a耿直 Boy who had his own unique insights in design, Chen Jue felt that it was okay for such a talent to have his own temper.

So he put his arm around the other party's shoulder and pointed to the FANUC booth across the way: "How many chances do you think your 'Beef Chow Fun' design has against the sweater knitting over there?"

Qian Yun frowned, feeling a little虚: "About... 30% or so!"

Chen Jue shook his head: "No! I think it's not even half a chance!"

Qian Yun asked: "Why? Is the chairman so unconfident in our Magic Cube Arm?"

Chen Jue smiled: "It's not that I'm unconfident, it's that the display path is wrong. The Magic Cube Arm does have a significant gap in flexibility compared to mainstream big brands. We must recognize this reality ourselves and not be blindly arrogant."

"If the other side puts some intensity on it after the opening tomorrow, knitting complex patterns on the sweater and distributing them as souvenirs to those exhibitors. Do you think, if it were you, would you place an order?"

After listening to the big boss's analysis, a bitter smile appeared on Qian Yun's originally confident face.

Then he seriously pondered the reasons Chen Jue said, and quickly realized the truth: "I understand! Tian Ji's horse race! The chairman means that we should play to our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and not compare with our opponents in terms of flexibility. If that's the case, the original plan does need to be changed."

Seeing that the other party quickly understood his meaning, Chen Jue felt that this Qian Yun was indeed a qualified talent, so he patted the other party's shoulder with satisfaction: "孺子可教!"

Immediately, he made a video call to Tie Lao Liu, who was far away in the Magic Cube factory, asking him to rush to make a brand new metal module that matched the 'Magic Cube Arm'. Using his other A320 to fly from Wen City, he delivered it to the exhibition site for debugging in the shortest possible time.

By the time it was after 1:00 a.m., the staff of other brand exhibitors in the entire venue had basically圈禁 and closed their booths and returned to the hotel to rest.

Only in the Magic Cube Group's booth, which was still lit, there was a burst of "Bang~ Bang~ Bang~" metal knocking sound echoing throughout the conference site from time to time.

Looking at the two 'Magic Cube Arms' that were practicing against each other in front of him, even Qian Yun, who considered himself to have a very good brain and creative ideas that could compete with internationally renowned designers, couldn't help but open his mouth wide and exclaimed: "The chairman's鬼点子 is too TM awesome!"