For known fields, we should believe in science;

For unknown fields, we should believe in reality.

——Qian Xuesen

For unknown fields, people always want to explore and predict. It seems that unknown fields have infinite charm. At the same time, human beings are constantly exploring based on their own understanding of the objective world. But there are always countless fascinating things in the unknown world, some surprising, some frightening. As early as 1976, an American film "Future World" made people feel the great temptation and fear of human beings in the unknown field with its thriller and suspense. In the Terminator series of films, this scene is more vividly played by the director: the robot of the future returns to the past, appears in front of us, and can accomplish tasks that cannot be completed by human beings. The first Terminator, filmed in the 1980s, awakened countless people's yearning for technology and the incomparable fear of technology once it got out of control. Just a few decades later, with the efforts of countless scientific and technological workers, artificial intelligence is developing step by step. Relying on modern communication technology, manufacturing technology and software engineering technology, mankind has created a vast world that was unimaginable in previous times.

Robots are something that human beings have been looking forward to for decades. Therefore, a large number of robots have appeared in films and literary works, and many powerful institutions have quit their robots. Although there is still a big gap between robots described in films and television works, progress is always made step by step. In 2011, the ASIMO robot of the third generation, which Honda withdrew from, is the most powerful, but because of the cost, it still stays in the exhibition venues.

If we want to make robots enter the world of ordinary people, we might as well take a look at this "Roboming".

We had a close contact with "Ming Robot" in the opportunity brought by the trial activity of Lei Feng.com. From the appearance, it seems that there is a big gap between the appearance of the "intelligent robot" and that of the "human", but this is really the use of communication networks to achieve remote control through the control of the APP. On the user's terminal, it can achieve a sense of immersive, and can "see" and "hear" remotely back to the controller in real time, and through the operation of the APP, You can reach different places like a person. Perhaps this is the true meaning of "Ming Robot".

Thanks to the development of modern logistics, a few days later, such a large express delivery arrived in front of the author. It should be said that this is the largest express delivery received at present.

Since the price of "Ming Robot" is not low, the manufacturer uses reliable packaging when leaving the factory to ensure that the precise structure inside the belt cannot be damaged due to various external forces during transportation.

At present, "Ming Robot" is not officially released, but only in the crowdfunding stage.

From the appearance, the "Ming Robot" is a pole standing on a cylinder against an Ipad seat, but don't underestimate this "pole". Under the control of the APP, this pole can run around your home, shopping malls, and warehouses, sending the first-hand image and sound back to you.

It is really difficult to transport the "Ming Robot" home. The trunk of the car cannot be put down, so it has to be put on the back seat.

"Ming Robot" must configure an iPAD for it to complete the scheduled functions. Although it is said on the official website that it can use the Ipad series products above iOS8.0, it should be noted that the iPAD2 is not available.

At the bottom of the robot is a two wheel balance car, which is composed of mechanical part and electronic part inside. The battery adopts Sanyo 18650 battery cell, and the mechanical part is very precise. The two wheel balance is achieved with high-precision gyroscope. However, due to environmental constraints in use, it can only be used on a relatively flat bottom. If there are small grooves and ridges, the wheel cannot contact the bottom, and the drive circuit will constantly command a wheel to rotate to find a new balance. At this time, if the wheel does not contact the bottom, it will fall.

On the front and rear sides of the main engine, there are two brackets, which are used to maintain balance when the robot is in standby or the power supply is exhausted. When the bracket extends, the circuit will not drive the motor to maintain the balance of the two wheels, so as to save power. After receiving the command, when the wheels are in the balance state, the bracket will automatically retract back into the main engine.

The wheels are made of black rubber, with high friction coefficient, and will not slip easily.

The bracket extends from the top of the fuselage, and there is a motor driven mechanical device inside to achieve lifting and lowering, so as to reach different observation heights.

The top is a seat of Ipad. Insert the Ipad into the seat.

All kinds of openings are compatible with Ipad, such as camera, Home key, side switch, etc.

A large opening is left on the back to facilitate the removal of the iPad.

This is the hole on the top corresponding to the home key.

The front camera can also be installed with a wide-angle adapter to expand the angle of the camera.

Through the introduction above, we can regard "Ming Robot" as a peripheral derivative of iPad. To control this robot, two devices with iOS system 8.0 or above are required, one of which must be a product with iPAD air or above.

Because the head bracket of the "Ming Robot" is designed according to the size of the iPad air, and the earlier Ipad2 cannot be the head of the "Ming Robot" because of its larger size. It can only be the control end. Of course, the control end is also replaced by the iPhone.

This is the Ipad2, which is larger than the robot frame.

Ipad air can be put into the head of the robot smoothly.

The head frame has cushion filler, which is tightly combined. The iPad is very firm inside.

After installation, the robot can be controlled. Of course, we need to install APP on the iPad. Let's talk about this later. Let's first see the cooperation of the robot head.

The camera opening is very accurate to ensure that the images picked up by the robot are not blocked.

This is a rear camera with a 45 degree reflector, which is used to take pictures of the road at the bottom of the robot. This opening is also the position of the switch.

Volume keys and mute/screen lock keys on the side.

Speaker holes and data connectors on the top.

The home button is not very easy to operate due to the filler and the frame. It needs to be operated by "poking" with fingers. Fortunately, it is not necessary to operate the key when it is used as the head of the "Ming Robot".

Since it is used upside down, the screen lock should be canceled to realize the automatic rotation of the screen.

Of course, the connection between the Ipad and the "Ming Robot" is through Bluetooth, so you need to turn on Bluetooth first, and the command from the control end is realized through the network. Therefore, the Ipad, as the head of the robot, is to be connected to the network. If it is indoor, you can choose WIFI access. If it is outdoor, your Ipad needs to support mobile data network, So the 4G version is good.

It is installed.

There is no problem on the smooth bottom and floor tiles.

Stone floors with small pits can also be used. But be careful not to try to let the "intelligent robot" climb over obstacles and steps. After all, this is not a remote-controlled car. Let's sort out the working process of the "Ming Robot": first, install an Ipad on the top of the robot, and install the APP of the robot's "head". Then install an APP on the control end in another non iPad or mobile phone. When both devices can connect to the Internet, start the software. The information picked up by the APP camera and microphone on the head is transmitted to the control end through the Internet, and the instructions on the control end are also transmitted through the "head" on the Internet, and the head receives the instructions and sends them to the "Ming Robot" via Bluetooth And driving the corresponding circuit to realize the action. Because it needs to pass through the manufacturer's gateway, there will be a little delay in addition to the network quality. However, if the network is good, the delay can be ignored.

Of course, if the "Ming Robot" is to work, it needs to be charged first. The charger is a 25.2V 2A adapter, which can be fully charged in three hours, enabling the "Ming Robot" to achieve 24-hour standby, 8 working life and 15 km mileage.

The plug is a 5mm hollow power plug.

On the lower back of the robot, there are charging jacks and power switches. After the robot is fully charged, gently press the switch to connect the power.

At this time, LED lights on both sides of the wheel will emit light, and light of different colors will be used to remind the user of the current working state of the robot.

The left and right wheels have LEDs.

Now let's talk about the installation of APP. First of all, you must ensure that your device version is above 8.0, otherwise it cannot be installed.

Our two Ipads, the Ipad air is 8.4.1, and the iPad 2 is 8.0, both meet the requirements.

Search roboming in the app store and you can find the APP. If it is installed on the head of the robot, you need to install the APP of "I will form the head", and the control end needs to install the "Ming Robot".

We have both installed them, and just start different APPs.

The next step is to run the APP, and then register with the mobile phone number. In this process, the verification code will be sent. After entering the verification code, the registration will be completed, and the robot will be named, with instructions set. In fact, we call the robot "carrot head", which means robot. Then pair with the robot via Bluetooth. When installing the iPad into the bracket to form the head, you need to use the permissions of the camera and microphone.

This is on the screen of the control end. We input the mobile phone number we just registered. After receiving the verification code, we can see the information we set. In addition, a lot of robots have been found. If the owner has set open permissions, you can also control them.

To control the robot, set a security code. And set the standby screen of the head.

After everything is completed, it can be used. At this time, two Ipads can communicate. The head Ipad receives the picture from the camera at the control end, and the screen at the control end displays the picture taken by the head camera. The voice is also bidirectional.

But the virtual buttons on the control end are not obvious.

It is obvious only when the picture is dark. The cross key on the left controls the front, rear and left, and the three control keys on the right control the lifting and camera shooting front or ground.

The robot started to walk. At the beginning, it was not easy to control, especially to shoot while controlling.

Of course, if you go down the stairs, you need manual help to carry it down. The operation is flexible.

Make a place for the robot here, let it face the door, and make a robot handle to watch the door. When working, you can check the movement of the home remotely through the control terminal, and cut into each room to see, listen to

The picture will be transmitted to the screen at the control end in time.

Unfortunately, you can't go up and down the stairs.

The light of the wheel also has a sense of the times.

Through the above introduction, we must understand that "Ming Robot" is actually a remotely operated monitoring robot. The author believes that, as a household, it should be further developed, such as adding voice interaction to achieve the integration of various sensors, so that it can not only monitor images, but also feel the temperature, humidity, gas leakage, etc. in the home, It is perfect to integrate the functions of remote control appliances. At present, the role of "intelligent robot" may have broad prospects in shopping mall activities, factory production line health, remote interactive meetings, remote commodity selection, etc. Maybe one day, when we shop in e-commerce, instead of viewing the seller's unique beautiful pictures of goods on the screen, we will control a "smart robot" to select the actual goods in an all-round way, watch the boss take the clothes off the shelf, pack them, write the express bill, and deliver them

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