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China space station will be equipped with humanoid robots, which can defend with guns. How is it compared to Tesla's Optimus Prime?

2023-03-31

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The current establishment of China space station, in addition to handing over shifts in the sky, generally has three permanent personnel. However, there may be a fourth "astronaut" soon. According to network news, researchers from the National University of Defense Technology and Zhejiang University proposed a robot called Taikobot in a paper. The free movement of the cable can be used to assist the astronauts of the Chinese space station in the management and maintenance of the cabin in the future.

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Seeing this, some people may say, why are you so excited? It turns out that it is still in the thesis. Let me know when it is done. Sorry, it's already done. According to the pictures exposed on the Internet, Taikobot has been tested in a ground environment similar to a space station. Most of its movable joints are made of lightweight 3D printing. The whole body has 54 degrees of freedom, and it can mainly perform autonomous inspections in the space station cabin. And inspection, follow the astronauts and assist them to carry out in-cabin operations, including photography, cargo transportation, collaborative operations and other services. It can also perform basic management operations and maintenance of the space station when the space station is unmanned during the crew rotation of astronauts.

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The whole body has 54 degrees of freedom

This is very important, because our country has proposed plans to build a lunar orbital space station, an international lunar scientific research station, and a lunar base, and this "troika" is different from the low-Earth orbital space station, most of the time it is unattended , needs automatic operation, maintenance, and maintenance. The part outside the cabin can be handled by more advanced mechanical arms and hands, while the part inside the cabin can be handed over to humanoid robots.

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A key link in the unmanned operation of robots and space stations

Not only that, judging from the displayed screen, Taikobot can perform the action of holding an electric drill in addition to carrying boxes and hammers. This situation can't help but make people daydream, if the electric drill is replaced with a pistol, can it be responsible for the security of the space station? Although the peaceful use of space is an eternal theme, as the United States deploys more and more military equipment in space, in the future, China and Russia will even be excluded by force from approaching their moon bases, so our space stations and moon bases are equipped with robots with appropriate force. is very necessary.

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What would happen if you replaced the electric drill with a pistol?

When seeing Taikobot, many people will think of the humanoid robot released by Tesla last year. It trembles and can't even walk. It has to be supported by a bunch of people when it appears on stage. Looking at our space robot now, it is really strong. several grades. However, many people are curious, why do space robots have to be shaped like humans? Can other shapes not work?

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The hand of our space robot

We don't need to talk about this answer directly, let's take a look at Japanese space robots first. First of all, we are not the first to test space robots. NASA has already had a similar design, and there are many models of space robots developed. Gitai, a Japanese space start-up, even conducted a test in the inflatable cabin of the International Space Station in October 2021. After the function demonstration of the S1 manipulator, press the switch, open the black box, cut the wire, and do electric welding, almost omnipotent.

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Interestingly, although only one robotic arm was tested at the time, a humanoid robot can be formed by using such four robotic arms and a head sensor. It can walk like a human or move out at the same time like an octopus. Four legs work, and this is the reason why the space robot has a human shape. It is too flexible, and the deformation ability and task adaptability are too strong. We humans grow into such a shape, not blindly, it must be reasonable of.

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4 robots can be synthesized into one robot

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NASA's space robot

Of course, the International Space Station has also tested other similar robots, such as the spherical CIMON, the sweeper-shaped "Astrobee", and the dice-shaped SPHERES, but after all, the humanoid robot has the most complete functions and can best simulate the usual work of astronauts. It is hoped that our humanoid robot can be tested on the space station as soon as possible, and replace part of the work of astronauts.

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