I have a space station

Dongfang Chen was just saying that to make sure things were clear beforehand.

In reality, he wasn't worried about him secretly keeping the robots because once the lock command was issued, no one could control them. Even if they were kept, they would just be a pile of scrap metal.

“This isn't a small number, so it's best to be upfront,” Dongfang Chen said with a smile.

“Speaking of which, I wanted to ask you, how many crystal cores do you plan to sell these simulation robots for each?” Yan Zhengping asked.

“These robots are not sold individually,” Dongfang Chen said.

“Why?” Yan Zhengping asked.

“What's the use of these robots without a central control unit?” Dongfang Chen said.

“Oh, that's what you mean. So, how do you plan to sell them?” Yan Zhengping asked.

“Each unit will be 10,000 robots, with an extra central control system and 10 charging cabinets,” Dongfang Chen replied.

“Ten thousand!?” Yan Zhengping was a little taken aback.

According to his estimate, each robot would cost around 2,000 crystal cores, so 10,000 would be… 20 million crystal cores!

“That's right, the cost of the central control unit is also very high. It's not cost-effective to equip it with too few robots,” Dongfang Chen said.

Ten thousand robots are equivalent to the number of people in a full-strength division, so even at this price, it's not actually expensive.

This is the strength of a division.

Moreover, these robots can work without eating, drinking, or resting, and can achieve efficient coordination. Looking at it this way, it is definitely stronger than the combat power of a division.

“What is the price of one unit?” Yan Zhengping asked.

“2 million crystal cores, I guess!” Dongfang Chen thought for a moment and said.

“How much?” Yan Zhengping couldn't believe his ears when he heard the price and shouted.

“2 million, what's wrong?” Dongfang Chen was startled by Yan Zhengping's outburst.

“2 million?” Yan Zhengping continued to ask, raising his voice.

“Yes,” Dongfang Chen nodded, feeling a little confused.

“You're not kidding me, are you?” Yan Zhengping pointed at him and confirmed again.

“No, is there a problem?” Dongfang Chen looked at him and asked.

“No problem! No problem! It's too good to be true!” Yan Zhengping was overjoyed to receive Dongfang Chen's confirmation.

This was simply an unexpected surprise!

A force equivalent to a division can be built for a price of 2 million. How could it be so cheap?

“No, the price must be raised at that time, raised fiercely!” Yan Zhengping made up his mind.

In fact, it doesn't cost Dongfang Chen much to manufacture a robot, because not many crystal cores are consumed during the production process. And the materials are all collected by the ant robots, so there is no cost at all, so he has already quoted a very high price of 200 crystal cores per robot.

The most valuable thing here is actually the technology.

The first is the material. In order to maximize the toughness of the material and control the weight, the outer shell of the robot is made of fiber steel, and the inside is hollow. If you zoom in on the structure of fiber steel, you will find that this material is a hollow fiber shape. The texture is like naturally grown wood, and there are no traces of cutting.

This material is synthesized by ant robots through collecting and decomposing materials in a semi-biological way. And it is integrally formed without any secondary processing.

The advantage of this is that it has higher toughness than ordinary steel, and the weight is only 1/3 of the same volume of steel.

Based on this material alone, there is no problem in selling a robot for 2,000 crystal cores.

The second is the structure. Why is it called a simulation spider robot? That's because the way these robots move is very similar to real spiders. There are almost no mechanical structures such as springs or hydraulics in the entire body, but rely on motion simulation, using the joint activities of each joint to achieve dynamic balance of the body. The advantage of this is that it can save a lot of unnecessary parts, thereby reducing weight and saving energy.

The third is communication. In order to improve communication efficiency, the communication commands between the central control unit and the simulation spider robot are extremely simple, with only a dozen characters. These dozen characters are divided into four segments. The first segment is the communication verification code, which functions similarly to a password. When the spider robot receives a command, it will first check the verification code. If the verification code is correct, it will execute the corresponding command. If the verification code is incorrect, it will refuse to execute.

The second segment is the group code. Taking a combat group composed of 10,000 robots as an example, they will be pre-written with a group code at the beginning of production. These 10,000 robots are divided into 10 primary groups, each with 1,000 robots. Each primary group is further divided into 10 secondary groups, each with 100 robots. Each secondary group is further divided into 10 tertiary groups, each with 10 robots. Each group level is represented by a character, so it only takes three characters to locate the corresponding tertiary group.

It should be noted here that 10 robots are the smallest unit that the central control unit can control.

The third segment is the instruction code. The system has pre-built 128 types of instructions, so the central control unit only needs to send the corresponding operation instructions to the specified group of robots, and they can complete the corresponding operations according to the instructions.

The fourth segment is the end code. It means to tell the robot that this instruction ends here.