He Liang, who wandered around the exhibition, also returned to his company's booth. He came to Lu An and said: "Boss, after looking at competing products from various peers, including several from Ohma, my evaluation is this..."
He Liang gave a thumbs up as he spoke, and then turned his fingers half a circle to point down. , and then said confidently: "It is no exaggeration to say that if you don't compare with ours, it still looks good, but as long as you compare with ours, none of them can beat us."
The scope of participation in the exhibition includes enterprises and institutions that produce, manufacture, sell, and serve 12 categories of rehabilitation assistive devices, including mobility assistive devices, prostheses, and orthotics; medical rehabilitation institutions related to the application of rehabilitation assistive devices; scientific research universities related to the rehabilitation assistive device industry, etc.
As one of the three major expos in the industry, this exhibition has more than 270 companies from 16 countries and regions including China, Magnesium, Danmark, Ruidian, and Italy.
The exhibits not only cover wheelchairs, walking aids, hearing aids, visual aids, supplies for the blind, nursing equipment, rehabilitation equipment, barrier-free facilities and special assistive devices for disabled children, which are currently relatively popular in China.
It also includes some new concept products in the future, such as bionic prosthetic robotic arms, robotic legs, etc.
There are not many bionic prosthetic products at this exhibition, and they are considered relatively niche products.
Because at this time point in 2013, although bionic prosthetic robotic arms and robotic legs are no longer new concepts, they are still in the early stages of development.
This industry track is currently dominated by European and American manufacturers, such as Ottobock, Össur, etc.
There are basically no domestic manufacturers focusing on this track, and the technology is even lagging behind that of foreign countries.
And the current overall market size of this track is also very small, with a global annual output value of only more than 4 billion US dollars. The total global sales volume in a year is only more than 60,000 units, and this includes sales of mechanical arms and mechanical legs.
Industry reports mostly focus on the overall medical equipment or bionics field, lacking detailed statistics on arms and legs.
Simply put, the market size is too small and it is classified as "other" in the field of medical devices and equipment.
However, even if the output value of this industry track is small, it does not mean that there is no demand.
The number of physically disabled people worldwide is measured in "hundred million", which is actually an extremely huge market size.
The reason why the output value is small is that the bionic prosthetic products on the market are too expensive, costing easily 50,000 to 60,000 euros and 780,000 to 80,000 U.S. dollars, which is more than 500,000 yuan when converted into RMB.
Such a price, except for rich people, the general public cannot afford it.
The customer groups currently targeted by manufacturers in the industry are basically high-net-worth families, because only disabled people in high-net-worth families have that spending power.
In addition to being expensive, the bionic prosthetics currently on the market are not easy to use, and rich people have no choice. They are better than nothing, and they are not short of money, so they make do with them.
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At ten o'clock, the exhibition officially opened.
At the moment, the Yuanjie Intelligent Control booth is still debugging the software. Lu An is sitting in front of the computer and watching the data feedback.
Zhang Wenjie and another employee pasted a nerve signal sensing film on He Liang's arm, and some lines were connected to a nearby right arm bionic prosthetic robotic arm.
The visitors to the exhibition include consumers, including many people in the industry and the investment community.
They visited the booths of major exhibitors. The booths of well-known large companies in the industry were the most popular, especially those of some European and American companies.
As for the Yuanjie Intelligent Control booth, there were only a few people at the moment, and they were all passing by. Some stopped to take a look and then left.
Yuanjie Intelligent Control?
Have never heard of it.
As time passed by, a few minutes later, all debugging was completed.
Lu An said to He Liang who put on the adapter: "Okay, let's see if you can attract the audience. Let's see your performance."
At this time, Zhang Wenjie next to him took out a series of prepared props and placed them on the table one by one.
There are small props of different sizes and shapes such as chopsticks, billiard balls, pens, sticky notes, etc.
He Liang did not look at his right arm, but stared at the bionic robotic arm on the stand of the booth and the many props placed on the table.
I saw his right hand stretching forward, and at the same time, the mechanical arm also made the same movement simultaneously.
He Liang grabbed the billiard ball placed on the table, played with it for a while, put it aside, then picked up the chopsticks and picked up a small object.
Another colleague picked up the camera, found some angles and started shooting the material. This was Lu An's order. He shot the material and then projected it on the big screen of the booth for display.
As time went by, about two or three minutes later, a middle-aged man with a tough temperament passed by the Yuanjie Intelligent Control booth.
When he saw the scene of He Liang controlling the robotic arm, his eyes couldn't help but flicker, with a bit of surprise in his eyes, and he couldn't help but stop and watch.
This person's name is Li Fengting. He is not an ordinary tourist, but an active soldier with a school-level military rank.
He showed up at this exhibition to take advantage of his family leave to visit, intending to buy a hearing aid for the elderly at home.
Passing by the Yuanjie Intelligent Control booth by chance, Li Fengting was immediately attracted by the products on display.
Lu An also did not expect that the first person attracted by this bionic prosthetic product would actually be an active soldier.
Li Fengting took a few steps forward and stopped in front of the booth. He silently watched He Liang's various demonstrations.
After some time, Li Fengting was amazed and said: "The prosthetic limb of your company is so smooth. It can grasp things like a real hand and can even use chopsticks skillfully."
Then, he seemed to be thinking about himself: "It would be great if it could be controlled by wireless signals and could achieve such flexible synchronization."
Lu An didn't know that Li Fengting was a soldier. After hearing what he said, he immediately laughed. He said: "Of course wireless signal control can be achieved. There is no technical problem, but it is not necessary and will increase the cost."
As soon as these words came out, Li Fengting looked at Lu An in surprise and couldn't help but said: "You mean, it is technically possible?"
Lu An said without hesitation: "Of course, this is not technically difficult."
Li Fengting couldn't help but smile: "Oh? Really? Yuanjie Intelligent Control, you have never heard of this company, is it really like this? Awesome? ”
Glancing at the robotic arm that He Liang was demonstrating, Li Fengting asked again: “Is it possible to technically develop a humanoid robot that can be controlled by humans? If it is used in the military, human soldiers can remotely control the robot to charge in the front line."
Li Fengting turned to Lu An and asked, "Is this application scenario technically possible?"
Lu An pondered for a moment, and then replied: "Such an application scenario is indeed technically feasible in theory. But brother, your idea is a bit strange, I don't know if you are..."
Hearing this, Li Fengting smiled and replied: "Oh, it's nothing. I just remembered the Hollywood movie "Iron Fist" two years ago. Seeing that your robotic arm is so advanced, I thought of this movie, and I had some whims." Lu An suddenly seemed to be stunned when he heard what the other person said. He didn't think much about it. The other person didn't wear a military uniform, and he didn't know that he was an active soldier.
Li Fengting looked at it for a while and then left, but he made a mental note of the company name Yuanjie Intelligent Control.