Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 636 Xiang's Business Experience

"What do you think of the 'Mechanical Ali' just now?" Xiang Shan asked while sitting in front of the desk with his hands folded on his chest, "I mean the sparring robot just now."

Coach Norwich nodded: "Very amazing technology."

"Do you think it will work in training?"

"If these big toys can really compete with the skills of Ali and Tyson, then it must be possible." Norwich said: "There is no guy who is qualified to use Ali as a training partner. Let him play freely. ?Even if you can only do special training, it can be a good substitute for most air swing training."

Air strike, a training method for unarmed boxing techniques without wearing any protective gear, alone or with the assistance of others.

After general athletes have mastered basic boxing and footwork, they need to improve their ability to combine punches and the ability to coordinate punching and footwork, and air strikes are the best way to develop these abilities.

"Air strike" is indeed punching the air, but it must not be a random swing or a practice routine. Instead, you must first "imagine" an enemy in your mind and interact with the imaginary enemy consciously.

Since air attack training is not actual combat training, athletes face less psychological pressure and can concentrate more on their movements.

Of course, in contrast, air strike training cannot enhance the psychological resistance to actual combat.

Generally speaking, this is a very important training content.

"Well, most of them..." Xiang Shan nodded: "Is there anything that can be done in traditional air attack training, but can't be done by these sparring robots? If it's convenient, you can also make a report...Forget it Okay, let’s talk about this later, let’s talk about the business first. How do you think this thing will be sold as training equipment?”

"This..." Coach Norwich hesitated for a moment: "How much is this thing?"

"Excluding the research and development costs, if you look at the cost alone, one set is only tens of thousands of dollars." Xiang Shan said.

Coach Norwich shook his head: "You can just say the selling price."

"One hundred thousand dollars?" Xiang Shan said, "I'm not sure, it doesn't need to be too expensive, I can accept half selling and half giving away."

All key parts of this robot are actually connected with prosthetic body manufacturing and control technology.Most of the technology that supports the operation of this thing is leftovers from the "prostheticization" of Superman Enterprise.

The other parts are either part of Superman's corporate propaganda strategy, or a product of Xiangshan's interest.

Recombining these things before selling them is profitable no matter what—Xiang Shan is best at using this kind of technological advantage to "eat more with one chicken", and at the same time open up markets that did not exist in the past.

And it can also pave the way for the "Prosthetic Body Warrior Professional League" a few years later.

Norwich was a little messy: "This... don't those champions who authorize you don't want authorization fees?"

"Well." Xiang Shan nodded: "After hearing that the family of Muhammad Ali was exploring the boundaries of fighting technology, they said that the licensing fee is not required, but they also asked us not to sell Muhammad Ali's technology as a commodity. Ali's family He was the first to express his opinion, and so was Mr. Tyson. After setting a precedent, many fighters are willing to follow suit."

"That is to say, if other companies produce similar robots, then he can also use the records of those athletes to train AI, or directly use our company's open source data."

Speaking of this, Xiang Shan smiled subconsciously: "You see, there is still no shortage of people with the spirit of sharing in the world. I can tell you more about this story later."

"I think all major clubs and boxing gyms will be willing to buy it." Norwich nodded.

To be honest, one hundred thousand dollars is not very high.In many highly professional sports, such as football, basketball, boxing, etc., the annual training expenses of top athletes can reach millions of dollars, and many professional equipment and venues are even more expensive.

In contrast, this robot can be said to be "cheap".

It can also demonstrate the skills of Ali and Tyson.

Xiang Shan continued: "Of course, I'm not unconditional. If you want to get a discount at this price, you have to open up the training data when they use this robot. We can guarantee that these training data will not be released, and they will only be used to train AI. .If this condition is rejected, then the purchase price can be higher to share more research and development costs. Well, that’s it for now.”

Norwich nodded: "I think many boxing gyms are willing to open up their data."

After all, the professional league is not a traditional martial arts community, and there are various hidden taboos.All kinds of skills of a boxer will be displayed in the ring.And the arena will leave video records.It can be said that before a professional boxer takes the stage, his habits and techniques will be thoroughly studied by his opponents—of course, he will probably also thoroughly study his opponents.

In most cases, both sides of the professional arena are transparent.

Xiang Shan said: "Of course, I have another idea. You know, right? Today's AI has the function of self-learning. Among the scholars who have done the most research on deep learning, there are only a few."

Lu Xuanyu hurriedly applauded.Norwich was a little dazed, but he was led to applaud when he heard the boss brag abruptly.

Pressed down on Yamate: "You didn't applaud. I mean, while those AIs are training you, you are also training AI. They will study how to deal with your technology, how to imitate your technology."

"If a sparring robot is shared by the boxing gym, then the boxing it gets in the end will contain the 'common characteristics' of the boxing gym group."

Norwich was taken aback: "This...can continue to become stronger?"

"Well...it depends on how you think." Xiang Shan shook his head: "You know it too. If you find a group of low-level boxers to serve as training partners for top boxers, the skills of top boxers will learn some bad things. If it is If you take Ali, Tyson, etc. as a benchmark, then most people in the gym will weaken the AI."

Norwich couldn't laugh or cry: "What's the use of this?"

Xiang Shan said: "Then, by letting robots from two boxing gyms enter the ring, wouldn't it be possible to intuitively compare the technical style and average level of the two boxing gyms? This is a very intuitive advertisement!"

Norwich was taken aback.But he's quick to admit that if Xiang Shan wasn't talking about an ad-style description, it might be.

"When do you plan to hold this kind of robot competition?" Norwich asked. "Although 'novelty' can attract people's attention for a while, it may not always attract people, right? Boxing fans definitely prefer to see people versus people." contest."

(End of this chapter)