70: The terrifying mechanical arm smashed through the concrete and steel wall with one punch.

… Robotic arms have a wide range of applications, including medical robotic arms, military robotic arms, industrial robotic arms… and various CNC machine micro-operations, all requiring high-precision robotic arms.

However… the robotic arm Lu Xingye was about to manufacture was different from these traditional commercial robotic arms.

He was going to produce robotic arms for military robots.

The robotic arm is an important component of a robot, its importance comparable to a human's left and right hands.

Jarvis's design drawings included explanations for the relevant robotic arm, so Lu Xingye could manufacture it by simply following the blueprint.

However, in reality, he still encountered some problems not explained in the design drawings, which Lu Xingye would need to research independently.

For example: the energy source for the robotic arm.

For example: the control components for the robotic arm.

In Jarvis's design blueprints, the robotic arm used miniature controllable nuclear fusion as its energy source, but in reality, controllable nuclear fusion technology had not yet been developed.

This meant a real-world energy source was needed to replace the miniature controllable nuclear fusion energy in the blueprints.

Lu Xingye pondered for a moment, then decided to use a Nano Battery as the robotic arm's energy source.

As for the control components, he adopted an innovative solution combining control with the artificial intelligence Jarvis.

In this plan, to control the robotic arm, commands would first need to be sent to the artificial intelligence Jarvis, and then Jarvis would be responsible for sending those commands to the robotic arm.

Although this control method involved an artificial intelligence in between, preventing direct linkage with the robotic arm, which would cause some delay, it was already the best control method Lu Xingye could think of.

[Assemble and install according to the blueprints… ]

… A short while later.

Lu Xingye had assembled a prototype robotic arm.

He drove the last screw into the robotic arm, securing all the joint parts, then Lu Xingye put down his tools and admired his masterpiece.

Because it was a prototype, purely handmade, the robotic arm looked very rough on the outside, somewhat resembling a mechanical product from an older era, shimmering with a dull black metallic luster.

The robotic arm was a part of the robot's body.

Lu Xingye's initial design allowed the robotic arm to be attached to a robot, and of course, to some extent, it could also be manually controlled.

Although every step was strictly assembled and installed according to the robot blueprints provided by Jarvis, Lu Xingye didn't know if this robotic arm would function normally, nor did he know how long it would last using a Nano Battery as its energy source.

“Let's test the robotic arm's operation first.”

Lu Xingye connected the power, and the power indicator light on the robotic arm lit up, followed by the robotic arm's self-check.

If the self-check found no issues, the robotic arm would light up green, entering a standby state.

Beep beep… After a series of mechanical sounds, the green light on the robotic arm lit up.

“Not bad.”

“At least the first step has no problems.”

“Next, it's up to Jarvis.”

Lu Xingye murmured, then spoke: “Jarvis, can you connect to the robotic arm now?”

The entire sea view villa was covered by a network, and since Lu Xingye was Jarvis's highest authorized user, Jarvis constantly monitored Lu Xingye's movements.

So ~

Lu Xingye only needed to communicate normally to transmit his commands to Jarvis.

“Naturally, there's no problem.”

Jarvis's faint voice came from the speaker, and then it compiled a piece of control code on the spot and transmitted it to the robotic arm.

Immediately, the robotic arm's five fingers slowly began to move.

Because the robotic arm was manually assembled and the joint connections were relatively rough, the fingers rotated and rubbed against the metal, producing creaking sounds.

This sound was sharp and very uncomfortable to listen to.

“Make a fist.”

Creak creak… Under Jarvis's control, the robotic arm's five fingers closed together, forming a fist.

“Punch.”

Lu Xingye spoke faintly, giving this command with no other intention than to simply test the robotic arm's performance.

Unexpectedly, something he hadn't anticipated happened.

Boom!

A loud bang came from the wall.

The robotic arm struck the wall with enormous kinetic energy, causing the wall to dent inwards. A moment later, perhaps the kinetic energy exceeded the wall's maximum load.

Instantly… the wall cracked like a spiderweb.

The wall between the studio and the living room was actually blasted with a large hole. The lights from the living room outside shone through the wall, somewhat dazzling.

“This…”

Lu Xingye looked at the hole, silent for a few seconds.

“Jarvis.”

“I told you to punch, not to demolish the wall.”

“…”

“Boss, I apologize! Because my database lacks human movement data, this punch was a bit too powerful.”

“No human movement data? Explain in detail, what's going on?” Lu Xingye pressed, puzzled.

“Ah!”

“Simply put, although I can control the robotic arm, I don't know how much force to use to control it.”

“So…”

“That punch just now, I used eighty percent of the robotic arm's strength, so… so… I accidentally broke through the wall.”

Only then did Lu Xingye understand; it turned out Jarvis didn't know how much force to use to control the robotic arm.

“Then how can I help you?”

“Simulate and collect. First, establish a force sensor, and have a tool-person punch different objects with varying amounts of force. This way, I can collect specific data on human punches.”

“Of course…”

“If you want me to control the robotic arm as if it were an extension of your own arm, then other data also needs to be collected, such as: palm strike data, grabbing data, lifting data… and so on.”

While Lu Xingye was chatting with Jarvis, a head suddenly poked through the hole in the wall, looking as if it were hanging on the wall.

That appearance was a bit frightening.

“Did something happen?”

“I heard a loud bang and ran down, and then I saw this…” Long Yubing asked, her face full of tension.

“I just invented a little gadget and accidentally blasted through the wall. It's really nothing, you can go back to doing whatever you were doing.” Lu Xingye was startled by Long Yubing, thankfully she appeared when he had already stopped talking to Jarvis, otherwise he would probably have been taken for a madman.

Someone talking to thin air… a little gadget?

What kind of gadget is so powerful?

Able to blast such a large hole in concrete made of cement and rebar?

Long Yubing was very curious how Lu Xingye had damaged the wall like this.

Suddenly… perhaps Lu Xingye thought of something, and his gaze towards Long Yubing changed, becoming mischievous.

“Do you want to know how I damaged the wall?”

“Mm.” Long Yubing nodded slightly upon hearing this.

“Then come in.”

“I have a task for you. Once you complete this task, you'll know why the wall looks like this.”

Saying that.

Lu Xingye walked over and opened the aluminum alloy door that had been locked.

Heh heh!

Now Jarvis just happens to need to collect a lot of human movement data, and you've delivered yourself to my doorstep.

Then don't blame me for being ruthless.

A tool-person delivered right to my door.