Chapter 126 - 39: Beginning of the Firm’s Business_3
Lin Miao’s real concern, Mantou, was still busy at the workbench.
"I’m saying... what’s the difference between this thing and a prosthetic limb?" Natural Curl propped his cheek, staring vacantly at the engrossed Mantou. "It’s also a mechanical arm, are you saying that making it like this will let you lift two pounds more?"
The opponent dismantled four motors from the mantis knives and made two incredibly ugly mechanical arms, just two motors connected to two stainless steel rods, without any noticeable skill, as if a Rolls-Royce was dismantled and modified into a tractor.
This was money he risked his life to earn, others used it to buy new prosthetics and new equipment, but the mantis knives he struggled to buy were spoiled, and the remaining 300 points were exchanged for four gray prosthetic limbs to use as materials for Mantou.
"Of course there’s a difference." Mantou, feeling obligated, replied with good-natured patience, "Don’t be fooled by the motors on the prosthetic limbs exerting only a few dozen KG; it’s actually due to energy conversion efficiency and the human body’s tolerance limits forcing a downgrade in force. Full power operation could actually increase efficiency by at least 50%, and with other motors balancing the pressure, it could be even higher."
Regardless of how the arms are connected at the shoulders, as long as there’s no full-body prosthetic deep modification, the arm’s force limit must consider the connecting point’s tolerance, exceeding it could easily cause damage or breakage, injuring the body.
Exoskeletons are different, their greatest feature is that the structural mechanics design transfers most of the load to the ground, rather than the wearer.
"Moreover, there are two types of exoskeletons, one assists the human, where the person remains the main force and bearer, only transferring local force to the whole body. The other is my design, active-type, where the person only needs to move, and force and bearing are undertaken by the machinery, similar products already exist domestically but battery issues limit endurance, and due to material issues, force output is low and movement range limited."
Then Lin Miao walked in and asked, "What materials do you need to produce the prototype? The quality shouldn’t be too poor, ideally improving by twenty percent on your base design."
Seeing the boss come in, both quickly stood up, and Mantou also stopped working, taking a while to realize the question was directed at him, and awkwardly responded: