Chapter 177: Chapters 174, 175: The Robot Arm and Exoskeleton Take the Stage! (Extra for DanDan’s concern and monthly ticket) Chapter 177: Chapters 174, 175: The Robot Arm and Exoskeleton Take the Stage! (Extra for DanDan’s concern and monthly ticket) “New equipment? I’m about to cry, after so many days, we’re finally going to see Dr. He’s new technology!” an old fan said.
Among his fans, many had started following He Xingzhou after he began releasing technology-related videos.
“Yeah, what was it last time? The Sky Net Satellite!”
“No, it was the Quantum Computer. Didn’t he announce a breakthrough? Our company even ordered one. It has the size of a regular computer yet surpasses a supercomputer in computing performance!”
The audience discussed while He Xingzhou had already arrived at the site.
He was in a location about ten kilometers from the coast, where the Steel Great Wall required a deep foundation. Naturally, it couldn’t be built by the sea, where it would easily be corroded by seawater and the foundation would be unstable.
This section was similarly challenging, so it needed to be reinforced with earth and rocks first.
Luckily, this was Shanghai, an economically developed area that had been consolidating coastal land and reclaiming land from the sea for years, providing a more stable construction base than other places.
“Everyone, we’ve arrived at the construction site.” He Xingzhou got out of the car, switching the view to a drone’s camera footage.
The crowd saw a scene bustling with activity at this segment of the Steel Great Wall construction site.
Dump trucks lined up one after another, forming a long queue stretching several kilometers! These trucks moved in and out in an orderly manner.
Various construction machinery, such as cranes, concrete mixers, tower cranes, pile drivers, excavators, bulldozers, rollers, and loaders, extended as far as the eye could see!
The entire project section was multi-segmented, and this place was the focal point of all, utilizing full-coverage construction methods. Almost no area was idle; wherever you looked, there were engineering teams at work!
From the drone’s perspective, just seeing these vehicles left people in awe. Who had seen tens of thousands of engineering machines working simultaneously?
And then there were the workers in action. They were distributed across every site, each performing their tasks.
He Xingzhou introduced, “Now we’ve arrived at the Steel Great Wall construction end at the estuary, which will be the first line of defense against the Zerg!”
“The standard height of the Steel Great Wall should be thirty meters, a height sufficient to withstand most of the Mutant Creatures. But this section, due to the need to prevent a large force of the Zerg from landing at the estuary, will reach sixty meters!”
“Using the general building height of three meters per floor, the height of the standard section is as high as a ten-story building, while this section will be as high as a twenty-story building!”
This height was determined after comprehensive considerations. At this height, the Zerg on land could not bypass it by jumping and could only climb or forcibly break through.
However, building too high would also lead to resource shortages, so the Steel Great Wall’s height varied in different areas.
“That tall?” the audience exclaimed in surprise.
“That’s like building a small mountain by the sea!”
“I thought it would be only a dozen meters! How many resources would it take to complete this?”
“Fifty days to build a twenty-story building would be challenging enough, let alone this long Steel Great Wall. Can it be done?”
“Indeed, it’s a daunting task!” He Xingzhou said, “Ever since we announced the plan, engineering teams and workers from all over the country have already started. Each area is assured of non-stop construction, 24 hours a day.”
“Here, we also have our dedicated soldiers assisting!”
The drone camera turned to a section where many soldiers in military uniforms were also participating in the construction.
He Xingzhou said, “Even though we are trying our best, it might still be uncertain if we can complete such a volume of work. Time is too pressing!”
“That is why, this time, I have brought the most advanced construction equipment.”
“Automated unmanned construction vehicles!” He Xingzhou said, “You could also call them automated construction robots.”
Through the camera, the crowd saw engineering vehicles entering the construction site.
Unlike the previous construction vehicles, these had no drivers, and the front row featured massive mechanical arms.
The construction workers on site curiously observed this scene. “Are the construction vehicles unmanned too?”
“Could they really operate on their own?”
They were puzzled. While unmanned vehicle technology was well-developed, it was limited to road operations. Construction vehicle operations were far more complex, and they had never seen automated construction vehicles!
These engineering vehicles were also equipped with command centers, comprised of AI systems and commanders.
“Area 13 needs land leveling!” A dispatcher sent a request to the command center, and several engineering vehicles immediately went to level the land automatically.
Their movements were very smooth, as if veteran operators with decades of experience were at the controls!
“Hoist these construction materials!” Another dispatcher made a demand. A crane extended its mechanical arm, firmly grasped a batch of steel, and stably transferred it.
“This spot needs drilling!” The bricks on the mechanical arm rotated, collaborating with the work.
“Area 37 has started pouring!” The engineering vehicle went over automatically to assist.
At first, the workers didn’t know how to collaborate with these unmanned vehicles, but after familiarizing themselves a few times, they found that the unmanned construction vehicles’ work efficiency was several times faster than they could manage!
First of all, they had more power than typical construction vehicles, and secondly, their operations were precise and swift!
Some complex operations, which would take even seasoned workers considerable effort, could be precisely executed by these construction vehicles on their own!
In certain parts, they didn’t even need support to execute construction automatically! Their work efficiency exceeded human efforts by several magnitudes!