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Chapter 218 Knitting a sweater VS stir-fried beef noodles?

Chen Jue did not expect that when he was invited to participate in the World Robot Conference, his Rubik's Cube Group would actually have a conflict with FANUC.

After all, in today's field of industrial robots, the FANUC brand is in a global leading position in scientific research, manufacturing, design, and sales strength.

It is recognized by the industry as the world's number one industrial robot brand.

Don’t think that the Japanese have been exposed for falsifying manufacturing data in recent years, which has caused the reputation and credibility of Japanese manufacturing to begin to decline. Even the sales of the proud Japanese cars have been defeated by domestic brands, and they have to bow and apologize to the media with various expressions of "Red Bean Mud, You Masai".

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

As for the international companies that are qualified to compete with FANUC, they are basically big brands like ABB of Switzerland, Kuka of Germany, and Kawasaki of Japan.

Although domestically produced industrial robots have begun to catch up in recent years, they have been increasing investment and R&D efforts every year.

However, it started too late and had too many historical debts, so its market share and reputation are far inferior to international giants like FANUC.

Even the 'Magic Cube Arm' that Chen Jue made using MC high-performance materials was far inferior to the other party in some aspects of flexibility.

Because judging whether an industrial robot is good or not is not as simple as relying on advanced materials.

The components of an industrial robot are very complex. It is a comprehensive working system that is usually classified into six major components: robot body, controller, sensor, cable, tool module and operation panel.

The materials of parts such as [iron blocks] and [copper blocks] produced by MC, no matter how high their strength is, or how good their precision and performance parameters are.

But when it comes to electronic semiconductors, such as the 32-bit high-computing chips running inside robots.

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

Although Shenji provided Chen Jue with an open source driver program as a foundation, Shenji itself was unable to operate advanced industrial robots.

You can imagine how deceptive that thing is!
If Chen Jue had not spent a huge amount of money and provided benefits to recruit more than 1 mechanical engineers at one time, it would have been impossible to upgrade and optimize the original simple driver through the joint efforts of everyone.

The flexibility of the Rubik's Cube's arm barely reaches about 80% of the level of mainstream products on the market.

Otherwise, Chen Jue wouldn’t even want to attend the World Robot Conference in the imperial capital.

What are you here for?
If we show off before we have improved our internal strength, wouldn't that be embarrassing for our own brand in front of foreign brands?
……

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

He was so absorbed in watching that he took out a PAD and said, "Boss Jue, this is the marketing and promotional display plan from our technical department. Do you think it needs to be modified?"

Chen Jue came back to his senses, took the promotional plan on the PAD and looked at it carefully.

In the demonstration screen, three Rubik's Cube arms were working together to prepare meals in a home kitchen.

One is responsible for washing and preparing vegetables, one is responsible for grabbing seasonings, and the last one picks up the spatula and stir-fries in the hot oil pan.

Finally, a plate of Cantonese dry-fried beef noodles, which requires a lot of skill, was served on the table.

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

With the current level of cooking robots, various cooking methods such as frying, frying and boiling can be easily done. Except for some difficult dishes from the eight major cuisines, basic home cooking can be made without any major problems.

But cooking robots and industrial robots ultimately belong to a different track.

Relying on three industrial-version Rubik's Cube arms to cross-border complete such delicate cooking movements is definitely not inferior to the two FANUC robots opposite that are knitting sweaters in terms of creativity.

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

After these words were spoken, several engineers who were setting up the Magic Cube Group's booth felt like they were sitting on wax.

The promotional plan that they racked their brains to come up with was rejected by the boss with just one sentence. All the preparations made in the early stage were wasted at this moment. It is conceivable how frustrated these employees will be.

Dai Cheng frowned upon seeing this and said, "Boss Jue, there are less than 12 hours until tomorrow. It might be too late to change the plan now, right?"

A young engineer wearing glasses came over and said, "Hello, Chairman! My name is Qian Yun, and I am the chief designer of the technical department responsible for coming up with the plan."

"This 'Stir-fried Beef Noodles' solution was promoted after six rounds of competition within the technical department. I wonder what it is that doesn't suit your taste?"

Seeing the young engineer who led the team stand up to protest, a group of Magic Cube Group employees nearby were stunned.

You dare to confront your boss head-on. Are you planning to quit?
Chen Jue was also slightly stunned when he saw this. He looked at the person in front of him and the work badge on his chest: "Qian Yun? P8 position? This name sounds familiar... Oh, right! I remember you! I was the one who approved your employment!"

Chen Jue's eyes lit up. He was deeply impressed by Qian Yun.

Because the previous design plan of attaching OLED flexible screens to the facade of the Rubik's Cube Factory for a light show was proposed by the young man with glasses in front of him.

Unexpectedly, the main creator of the exhibition at this World Robot Conference was also taken away by this person.

All I can say is that gold will always shine.

At such a young age, he has won several major awards in the domestic design field. He really has something.

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

I didn't expect that in such a large company like Magic Cube Group, with nearly 3 employees, I would be able to stand out and be remembered by the chairman.

You can imagine what an honor and opportunity this is.

When his proposal was rejected, Qian Yun's anger subsided to a large extent.

Chen Jue saw that the other party was a straightforward boy who had his own unique insights in design, so it was normal for such a person to have his own temper.

So he put his arm around the man's shoulders and pointed to the FANUC booth across the street: "What do you think the 'Dry Fried Beef Noodles' you designed will have a chance of winning against this sweater knitter across the street?"

Qian Yun frowned, feeling a little uneasy: "About... about 30%!"

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

Qian Yun asked: "Why? The chairman is so unconfident about our Rubik's Cube Arm?"

Chen Jue smiled and said, "It's not that I don't have confidence, it's that the way I show it is wrong. In terms of the flexibility of the Rubik's Cube Arm, there is indeed a big gap between it and the mainstream big brands. We must recognize the current situation and not be blindly arrogant."

"If the other side waits until tomorrow to start the exhibition, and starts knitting sweaters with complicated patterns, and then distributes them as souvenirs to customers who attend the exhibition, do you think you would place an order if it were you?"

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

After that, he carefully pondered the reasons given by Chen Jue, and soon realized the truth: "I understand! Tian Ji's horse racing! The chairman means that we should play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, and not compare with our competitors in terms of flexibility. If this is the case, the original plan must be changed."

Chen Jue saw that the other party quickly understood what he meant and felt that Qian Yun was indeed a qualified talent, so he patted the other party on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "You are a teachable young man!"

He then made a video call to Tie Laoliu who was far away in the Rubik's Cube Factory and asked him to rush to make a new metal module that matched the 'Rubik's Cube Arm'. He used his other A320 to take off from Vancouver and delivered it to the exhibition site for debugging in the shortest time.

By 1 a.m., the staff of other brand exhibitors in the entire venue had basically cordoned off their own booths and returned to the hotel to rest.

The only thing that was still lit was the Magic Cube Group booth, but from time to time, a series of "bang~bang~bang~" metal knocking sounds could be heard, echoing throughout the entire conference venue.

Looking at the two Rubik's Cube Arms practicing against each other, even Qian Yun, who thought he had a very good imagination and creative ideas that could compete with those of internationally renowned designers, couldn't help but sigh with his mouth wide open: "The chairman's idea is so damn amazing!"

(End of this chapter)