Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Now, the Xingyi LiDAR department has only been established for two months, but it already has a R&D team of more than 300 people.

By transferring some administrative personnel from Xingyi Technology to assist, the entire department structure will be complete.

Of course, we will have to continue recruiting people in the future.

If you want to make a quick breakthrough in the field of LiDAR, you have to invest a lot of manpower, material resources and funds!

Use manpower to shorten the time!

Hesai Technology initially had a team of 560 people, but two years later the team had grown to over a thousand people.

In the past, Huawei’s LiDAR R&D center in Optics Valley directly invested 10,000 people!

Not surprisingly, Huawei's lidar is progressing rapidly.

Similarly, if Xingyi LiDAR wants to develop rapidly, it must also implement a rapid military expansion strategy!

We also have to invest the money earned in other fields into research and development in cutting-edge fields.

Not to mention the tens of thousands of people like Huawei, but at least 1500 people are needed.

Wang Yi looked at Tonya Dawan and said, "If you need anything, just ask."

"Chairman, we don't have any other needs, but in the long run, we need a professional R&D center and all kinds of cutting-edge equipment."

Wang Yi nodded. "That's easy. The second phase of Xingyi Technology Park has been completed. It's the same as the first phase here, also 200 acres. There are still a few office buildings vacant. Go and see if there are any you like. You can use it as a LiDAR research center. If one building is not enough, you can build two! List out what equipment you need and submit it to the company for purchase!"

"Thank you, Chairman!" Tonya Dawan was filled with joy. She had never expected that Wang Yi would take it so seriously.

There is no way, the research and development of lidar is a long-term project.

16 lines, 32 lines, 64 lines, 128 lines... performance is constantly iterating.

If it breaks through the 64 line or the 128 line, it would be fine, but the problem is that the breakthrough is just the beginning, and the cost must be continuously reduced!

The 64-line products costing 80 yuan and the 128-line products costing yuan are all garbage and cannot be used commercially at all.

Only when it reaches about 10,000 can it be used commercially on a large scale.

This can only be achieved by increasing R&D efforts and increasing R&D investment.

"Also, regarding the specific R&D goals, what arrangements does the chairman have?" Tonya Dawan asked. This matter all depends on the sponsor!

Wang Yi had considered this long ago: "I am planning to make a household sweeping robot. I need a laser radar that is not high-end, but reliable and low-cost. It would be best if the mass production cost is less than 300 yuan."

The functions of the sweeping robots these days are very simple. They do not have the automatic dust collection, automatic water supply, automatic mop washing and other functions that are available many years later. The cleaning effect is also average, but the price is very expensive.

Even a sweeping robot without laser radar costs four or five thousand yuan.

Any laser-guided machine with decent functionality will cost more than 8000 yuan, or even more than yuan.

With this price, you can hire a nanny for four or five months. After all, the price of a nanny in 2012 was only over two thousand yuan a month.

The reason is that laser radar is too expensive. Even the low-end laser radar used in sweeping robots costs more than 1000 yuan each. If you use two or three of them, the cost will be three or four thousand yuan.

Add to that other components such as batteries, and the material cost is close to 5,000 yuan. Add in taxes and other costs, and it is reasonable to sell it for 8,000 or 10,000 yuan.

However, with such a price, the sweeping robot is destined to be a niche product. It will not sell well and the general public cannot afford it.

The solution is to lower the price of lidar!

"The laser radar for a household sweeping robot costs about 300 yuan..." Tonya Dawan fell into deep thought:

"The technology is not difficult. If the cost is a thousand yuan, it can be easily done. But if the cost is to be reduced, we have to do more research. So, I will arrange a few smart assistants to lead 300 people and try to come up with a plan in two or three months. If it is mass-produced at the level, the cost will be kept around !"

"Great!" Wang Yi was delighted. Sure enough, this low-level laser radar was a piece of cake for a big shot like Tonya Dawan. The key was how to reduce the cost.

"The remaining 300 people will all develop high-end automotive radars, and they will also pursue performance while reducing costs!"

Tonya Dhawan nodded and said, "Chairman, since we are going to make automotive radar, I suggest that we give up the 16-line and 32-line LiDAR and go directly to the 64-line LiDAR!"

"Yes, the detection distance of 32-line laser radar is too short and it cannot be used on cars. Let's just use 64 lines." Wang Yi said.

Although everyone knows that 128 lines are better, the problem is that the technology is difficult and the cost is high.

These days, a 64-line laser radar costs 50, not to mention a 128-line one, and it can’t be made in the short term…

The development of science and technology has never been a leapfrog development.

If it weren't for Tonya Dawan, the Xingyi LiDAR might have to start its research and development from the 16th line.

It is only with the leadership of big names that we can abandon the low-end 16-line and 32-line and go directly to 64-line!

I can only say that it is worth digging up this big shot, even his annual salary of 7 million RMB is worth it!

There is no other way. Tonya Dawan's annual salary abroad is only 700,000 or 800,000 US dollars. If we want to dig him back, we can only offer him an annual salary of one million US dollars.

But great value for money.

As long as we can make a 300-yuan laser radar for a sweeping robot, we can make our investment back.

After all, the material cost of a competitor's laser radar sweeping robot is only 8000 yuan, but it is sold for yuan or yuan.

The material cost of Wang Yi's laser radar sweeping robot is less than two thousand yuan, and it is still selling like hot cakes at a price of 4999 yuan.

As for the low-priced car radars, they are all free money.

This kind of field is a typical case of high input and high output!

“Similarly, automotive LiDAR prioritizes cost savings while ensuring performance!”

Wang Yi changed the subject: "A 64-line laser radar costs 50 yuan, which is too expensive. I can't afford it. After all, a car only costs a few hundred thousand yuan."

Tonya Dhawan nodded: "Yes, we must adopt a new solution to reduce the cost to hundreds of thousands!"

"No, hundreds of thousands are too expensive." Wang Yi waved his hand: "Lower it to ten thousand, or even less than ten thousand!"

"What? Reduced to ten thousand! This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Tonya Dawan was shocked. "Mr. Wang, a 64-line laser radar sells for 50 yuan, and the cost is or yuan. Even if I were a god, I couldn't reduce the cost of a laser radar that costs or yuan to yuan. It's unrealistic."

Wang Yi smiled: "It's not unrealistic. The reason why it can't be done now is that the cost of mechanical radar is too high. We can use semi-solid radar to greatly reduce the cost..."

"Semi-solid radar?" Tonya Dawan was confused. Such a thing didn't exist back then.

They are all mechanical laser radars that scan in circles.

"You come with me."

Wang Yi took Tonya Dawan back to his office, opened the materials prepared in his notebook, and introduced them to Tonya Dawan in detail:

"This is the design of a semi-solid-state lidar..."

Wang Yi only remembered what the semi-solid radar looked like in his previous life, but he didn’t know how it was specifically developed. That would have to be solved by Tonya Dawan.

It is equivalent to Wang Yi giving the final answer to the problem, allowing Tonya Dawan to reverse the problem-solving process, which is much easier than starting from scratch, and at least there is the correct ultimate direction.