Guan Xiaotong shares his life: he loves reading mystery novels and is used to keeping notes.

  Guan Xiaotong signed autographs for fans. Photo courtesy of the publisher of "I don’t know the taste of sorrow"

  BEIJING, Beijing, March 18 (Shangguan Yun) On the afternoon of the 18th, actress Guan Xiaotong, known as the "national daughter", appeared in Beijing with her new book "I don’t know the taste of sorrow" and interacted with fans. Guan Xiaotong said that this new book is a collection of essays. "It is far from being of literary value, because I am not a writer either. I just want to share my life and growth stories with you. "

  So far, Guan Xiaotong has been acting for more than ten years. "I don’t know the taste of sorrow" also reveals her feelings of filming over the years: from a supporting role image, such as the "national girl" in "One Servant and Two Masters", she gradually became the first female in "Good Sir" and "Phoenix Begging for Phoenix".

  Now, Guan Xiaotong is studying at the Beijing Film Academy, and her status often switches between "actor" and "student". When not filming, she lives the same life as other students; Sometimes when filming, you need to turn around, catch a plane and run publicity … … In this regard, Guan Xiaotong also said that he spent more time than others switching between two different identities, what he can get is secondary, and what is important is to do what he is doing well.

  The cover of "I don’t know the taste of sorrow". Photo courtesy of the book publisher

  "This book, not locked me in the room so living. As you know, I have the habit of keeping accounts by hand, and there are several diaries like this. Like during middle school, I will write some experiences every day. " Guan Xiaotong said, what you write down may be some small things, but after a long time, you save a lot.

  Therefore, Guan Xiaotong said with a smile, "I don’t know the taste of sorrow" is not much literary value, nor is it a good article. I just want to share with you some bits and pieces of my life, which also includes the interaction with fans, because I also have them in my own growth.

  At the scene, Guan Xiaotong also mentioned his favorite books, "such as Keigo Higashino’s Love Story in a Parallel World". I like reading mystery novels, because I have less time to read books now, and some books may not go on. There are all kinds of clues in mystery novels that can attract me. I may read them quickly, maybe I will finish them in two days. "

  "In addition, in the mystery story, you can feel a lot of affection, friendship or love, which can make me fill a lot of spiritual things in a limited time." Guan Xiaotong explained. (End)

Low-temperature blue warning: it will take another week for many places in the south to be as cold as the long-lost sunshine.

It will take another week to see the long-lost sunshine! The Central Meteorological Observatory issued a low-temperature blue warning at 18: 00 on February 25. In the next 10 days, it will be rainy in the south, and the cumulative number of precipitation days can reach 5 to 7 days. On March 1, the precipitation contracted sharply to the south, and most of the south may wait for the long-lost sunshine next weekend.
The Central Meteorological Observatory issued a blue warning of low temperature.
The Central Meteorological Observatory issued a low-temperature blue warning at 18: 00 on February 25th. It is estimated that the daily average temperature in southeastern Hubei, western and south-central Jiangxi, eastern and south-central Hunan, most of Guizhou, most of Guangxi and northwestern Guangdong will be 5 ~ 7℃ lower than normal from 20: 00 on February 25th to 20: 00 on February 27th, among which the daily average temperature in southern Hunan, southeastern Guizhou and northeastern Guangxi will be more than 7℃ lower than normal. During this period, the minimum temperature line of 0℃ is located in the central and northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui, southern Hubei, southern and western Hunan and central Guizhou.
Many places in the south are as cold as three or nine.
Affected by the cold wave, the temperature in many places in China has been low recently, and the Central Meteorological Observatory issued a low-temperature warning for several days. It is estimated that until the beginning of March, the cold air activities affecting China will remain frequent, and the temperature in most parts of China will continue to be low. The minimum temperature line of 0℃ will be located in southern Guizhou, northwestern Guangxi, northwestern Jiangxi and southern Jiangsu.
Among the provincial-level cities, the temperature in Changsha remained below freezing point for 74 hours from 14: 00 on February 21 to 16: 00 on February 24, and such a long continuous low temperature in late February was very rare. In the last few days of February, the highest temperature in Changsha will also be less than 6℃, far lower than 12.9℃ in the same period of the year.
Although it is now eight or nine, under the frequent suppression of rain and snow, the body feeling in many places in the south is like three or nine, and the wet and cold feeling is very obvious.
It will rain in the south next week.
Next week, for the southern region, the range of rain and snow is still not small, and the precipitation in the north will also increase, mainly snowfall.
According to the medium-term forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, it will be rainy in the south in the next 10 days, and the cumulative precipitation days can reach 5 to 7 days. The central and western parts of the south of the Yangtze River, the western part of South China and Guizhou have the most frequent precipitation, such as the rainy weather in Guilin, Guangxi. Among them, the warm and humid air flow strengthened on the 28th, while the cold air went south, the precipitation range expanded northward, and the precipitation intensity in the south strengthened briefly.
On March 1, the precipitation contracted sharply to the south, and most of the south may wait for the long-lost sunshine next weekend.
Source: @ China Weather, Central Meteorological Observatory
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Chengmai County "Spring Cup" men’s nine-person township volleyball league ended successfully.

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On February 14th, Chengmai County’s "Spring Cup" men’s nine-person township volleyball league ended successfully in Jiale Town, and Jinjiang team won the championship. Wang Guangjun, member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department, attended the award ceremony and presented awards to the winning teams.

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In this men’s nine-a-side volleyball league, two teams from Shandong and 14 teams from towns and villages in Chengmai County were specially invited to participate in the competition. The competition is divided into two stages. The first stage is the group single round robin, and the top two places in the group are decided. The second stage is the cross knockout. After the cross knockout, the top four are decided to enter the semi-finals and finals.

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On the same day, after the previous stage of group competition and cross-competition, the teams of Jinjiang, Yongfa, Wenru and Jiale, which reached the top four, competed for the top three. On the field, the players of each team fought bravely for the first place, showing their superb skills and good competitive style, which triggered cheers from the audience, and the cheers were higher and higher. After fierce competition, Jinjiang team won the championship, Yongfa team won the second place, Wenru team and Jiale team won the third and fourth place respectively.

Through the competition, we will further improve the competitive level of volleyball in Chengmai County, spread an active and healthy lifestyle, create a festive and peaceful holiday atmosphere for the Spring Festival and a strong national fitness atmosphere, and promote the high-quality development of sports in Chengmai County.

(Photo: Chengmai County Rong Media Center)

The purchase of 96 luxury cars and 135 suites in Harbin was investigated and dealt with.

CCTV News:Since the 14th Supervision Team of the Central Committee for Eliminating Evil entered Heilongjiang, it has taken cases with high public concern and great social impact as the key supervision work to follow up and promote the progress of cases.

Yu Huajie, member of the Standing Committee of Harbin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection:In August 2018, we received a large number of reports from the masses, especially from some electric power construction enterprises and construction people. It reflects a series of problems, such as corruption, bribery, monopoly and so on, of Li Wei, deputy general manager of Harbin Power Supply Company of the former State Grid, and his younger brother (Li Tong, former chairman of Harbin Electric Power Industry Company). We immediately launched an investigation under the leadership of the Municipal Party Committee of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and took lien measures against them in a timely manner according to law.

 Li Wei, the eldest brother of the Li family, was then the deputy general manager of Harbin State Grid Corporation. He had nearly 1 billion yuan of power engineering projects in his hands every year. As his younger brother Li Jian, he started a private power engineering company with his friends, and his business naturally flourished under the care of his brother. Li Tong is the youngest in the family. He started as an ordinary worker. After his brother Li Wei was promoted from the position of chairman of Harbin Electric Power Industry Group Company to the position of deputy general manager of State Grid Harbin Company, he directly took over his brother’s position and became the main person in charge of the company. The two brothers took up leadership positions through illegal means, and this was only the beginning of the three brothers of Li’s taking up the road of black crimes.

Collusion in bidding and violence to suppress monopoly power projects

Since 2010, since Li Wei served as assistant director of Harbin Electric Power Bureau and chairman of the electric power industry group, he has been monopolizing the electrified connection project in the whole city. Through collusive bidding, they first won the bid with the electric power industry group, and then subcontracted the project to the company started off-line by their younger brother Li Jian and the black-related organization. In a few years, they almost monopolized the construction of the electric power project in the whole city.

 Boss Li Wei

Tao Chengquan, a policeman of Harbin Public Security Bureau:According to statistics, since 2010, the Li brothers, a criminal gang, monopolized 76.7% of the power projects in Harbin. They monopolized these power projects by means of bidding and violent suppression, and directly distributed them to the secondary companies controlled by the members of the organization, which in turn handed them over to downstream companies for construction.

Refusal to pay for subcontracted projects is forced to pay with goods.

In 2017, Mr. Ma of Harbin became the construction company they subcontracted. What was the result? During the central supervision team stationed in Heilongjiang, Mr. Ma came to the station to reflect his experience.

Mr. Ma from Harbin:These 22 substations should be around 11 million, and my own capital investment is 4.3 million, but so far I haven’t got a penny. He gave us a car with a market price of 700,000 at that time at a price of 1.5 million pieces, and the house and watches were several times higher than the market price. If you don’t want it, there is no money. Anyway, this is the thing.

I squander my money and my employees can’t pay.

There are more than 70 injured companies in Harbin, where Mr. Ma also suffered. All of them could not get the money after completing the construction, but the three brothers Li gained huge benefits in a short time. After a joint investigation by the Supervision Committee of the Harbin Commission for Discipline Inspection and the task force of the Public Security Bureau, in the past 14 years, the Li brothers’ triad-related organizations have made illegal profits of nearly 3.4 billion yuan.

Tao Chengquan, a policeman of Harbin Public Security Bureau:After they had money, they bought a lot of real estate, luxury cars and antique cultural relics all over the country. As a collective enterprise, more than 100 employees went to the provincial government all the year round to report the situation because they could not pay their wages.

On the one hand, there are hundreds of employees who can’t get paid, and on the other hand, there are 96 luxury cars with nearly 100 million yuan. At the same time, the task force also detained 135 properties purchased by the Li brothers’ triad-related organizations all over the country.

96 high-end cars that received bribes were worth nearly 100 million yuan.

Since the central supervision team entered Heilongjiang, it immediately took this triad-related organization as the key supervision case and went to the case-handling unit several times to understand the progress of the case. Members of the Central Supervision Team came to the detention center of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to interrogate Li Wei, who had been criminally detained.

Luxury cars full of parking lots

Luxury cars full of parking lots

During more than two hours of interrogation, Li Wei told the Central Supervision Team about other leading cadres’ participation in business operations, bribery and crimes. According to the investigation, Li Wei, together with his younger brothers Li Tong and Li Jian, made huge profits in power projects, and also accepted bribes of more than 20 million yuan from other companies. In June this year, 96 high-end cars photographed by the task force of Harbin Public Security Bureau during the seizure of criminal goods filled the parking lot, with an estimated value of nearly 100 million yuan.

Want to ski? There is "Erbin" in the north and "Fun Valley" in Jiangcheng.

Extremely popular journalist Chen Lingyan

In winter, if you want to experience the joy of outdoor skiing, you don’t have to go to a distant place, but you can do it in Wuhan.

On January 20th, the Four Seasons Ski Resort in Runqu Valley Scenic Area in Junshan New City of Wuhan Economic Development Zone held a media open day. Dozens of provincial and municipal media representatives took to the snow trail to experience the speed and passion on the snow with the citizens.

Relying on Zhushan Lake, this ski resort is the first outdoor ski resort in Wuhan, only 30 minutes’ drive from Hankou. At the same time, it is also a happy world integrating skiing, snow skiing, water sports, camping and parent-child paradise.

According to reports, the length of the snow trail of the Four Seasons Ski Resort in Zhongrun Qugu Scenic Area is more than 200 meters, and the slope is about 15 degrees, reaching the scale of the intermediate sports track. The real snow on the snow trails is made on site by professional snow makers-the snow makers constantly spray white snowflakes from the pipes, and after the snow accumulates to a certain volume, it is compacted and smoothed by professional snow rollers to form a series of snow trails.

This year, the ski resort has expanded to nearly 1,000 square meters, and the magic carpet has increased by hundreds of meters, reaching the highest point of the snowy road. There is a tourist reception center of nearly 1,000 square meters in the ski resort, and the ski hall is equipped with thousands of brand-new ski equipment, attracting skiers from Wuhan.

"I didn’t expect to achieve skiing freedom at home!" Mr. Zhu, a citizen of Wuhan, said with excitement after taking his children to experience it. Unlike the indoor ski resort, he jumped from the 200-meter-long snowy road and glided down, which felt like flying in the air. "It’s as refreshing as flying in the air!"

In addition to ski resorts, Zhongrun Qugu Scenic Area, which covers a total area of more than 600 mu, also has outdoor parent-child amusement parks, little red elephant parent-child amusement parks built in the Woods, unpowered facilities, slides, jungle adventures and other amusement facilities; It is also a paradise for camping enthusiasts, traveling through the forest path with three or two friends or family members and feeling the sunshine and breeze outdoors. When you are tired of shopping, let’s set up tents together, barbecue, cook tea and chat under the stars, stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city, let go of the fatigue of work and be a completely relaxed self.

It is understood that Zhongrun Fun Valley Scenic Area is closely preparing for the Xuexiang activity project of Wuhan Economic Development Fun Valley, and strives to open it to the public from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first month.

(Source: Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

Ping-Pong Interest: Ping-Pong Love of Overseas Chinese Ping-Pong Players

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    For many people, sports is both an interest and a career. Among the American table tennis team members who participated in the Beijing Olympic Games, two Chinese players are like this. For them, playing table tennis is not only their own interest, but also their own career, which has achieved a perfect combination. First of all, the Chinese American table tennis player is Crystal Huang. This year, she fought in Beijing on behalf of the American table tennis team. Although she lost to a strong player and had a mediocre record, for her, her trip to Beijing has become an unforgettable experience. So, how did she get on the road of table tennis? What opportunities did table tennis bring to her life? Next, we approached Crystal Huang with a reporter from KTSF26 in San Francisco, USA.







Crystal Huang


    Crystal Huang, a native of Hunan Province, began to contact table tennis at the age of seven. At that time, the school teacher asked everyone who wanted to play table tennis, and all the students were interested. For gifted children, training activities include running and skipping rope. Her highest ping-pong achievement in China was just entering the school league.


    Crystal Huang never worked as a professional player, but worked as an accountant in the government department of Chang ‘an Town, Dongguan, Guangdong. In 1999, my family immigrated to America and took root in Los Angeles. At first, she worked in a computer company, and her ping-pong life began in America.


    Crystal Huang: At that time, when I went to work, I had very little money. I had nothing without a diploma. Later, a friend introduced table tennis, and they went to play, so did I. There were also many local competitions nearby, and they won many championships. Someone asked me to teach the ball, so I have been teaching it.


    Crystal Huang found that the racket in her hand made her regain her voice and her previous playing level. He once won the American doubles champion and mixed doubles champion, and came second in singles.


    Crystal Huang also hopes to do its part in raising the standards of the United States. At the end of last year, the California table tennis club was opened in El Monte, Los Angeles.


    Crystal Huang said that it is rare to find a professional table tennis court in the United States, so he decided to open this table tennis center to fill this vacancy, so that one player who loves table tennis can get together. A place to exchange skills.


    "The table here is a high-quality professional table tennis table imported from Germany, and the plastic floor is also specially imported from China."


    The club is full of table tennis. It has been open for half a year, with about 100 members and seven pool tables. It is usually full at weekends. Crystal Huang himself teaches the ball in the club and cultivates new blood, such as Huang Zihao, who started playing table tennis at the age of seven.







Huang zihao


    Huang Zihao, a table tennis player: "I learned from my sister Crystal Huang that her ball is a little more stable and very stable, so I will try my best to exercise my ball better."


    In addition to practicing and teaching, Crystal Huang spent the rest of her time taking care of club affairs, and her generous personality made her many friends on and off the court.







Chinese American table tennis player Wang Chen.


    For Crystal Huang, the field that table tennis has opened up for her is not only in the competition field, but also in the club and in the broad daily life. Next, I’d like to introduce another Chinese American table tennis player, Wang Chen, who also attended the Olympic Games in Beijing this time. Unlike Huang Yaoxi’s experience of practicing table tennis at a high level when he came to the United States, Wang Chen was already famous in the table tennis world when he was in China. She has won the World Young Women’s Championship and the World Women’s Team Championship. However, he retired and moved to the United States eight years ago. So what wonderful things did table tennis bring to her life in a foreign country? What kind of feeling and emotion did she get from table tennis?


    Table tennis talent was discovered at the age of 7 and entered the professional team at the age of 11. Wang Chen recalled the interesting experience of being selected by a PE teacher to play table tennis when he was seven years old in Beijing.


    Wang Chen, an American Olympic table tennis player: "Every class selects a few clever children, and the box is placed three or four steps away, and then you throw three balls. If you throw all of them, you are chosen, but few of them can throw all three balls, so I threw them."


    Under the coach’s cultivation, Wang Chen won a Beijing amateur children’s championship, winning a child two years older than her, and was later elected to a sports school, and joined a professional team at the age of 11, from which Wang Chen’s ping-pong career began.


    He entered the national youth team at the age of 13 and was elected to the national team at the age of 17, which was listed as the key training for young people. At the age of 20, she won the world young women’s championship in Tokyo and was regarded as the reserve force of China team. After waiting for the main athletes to retire, they will go to represent China in the World Series.


    The peak of Wang Chen’s playing in China was to win the team championship in the World Championship in 1997. Under the condition of rushing to retire, Wang Chen chose to retire one year later, at the age of 24.


    After retiring, Wang Chen, seeing her sister in New Jersey, USA, successfully established a new life and decided to emigrate.


    At first, Wang Chen worked in her sister’s fur clothing store and played some games in New Jersey. Some people also heard that a former China national team player came in the middle and asked her to teach the ball. At that time, Wang Chen was able to queue up for ten hours of classes one day and often came home after midnight.


    "I feel that I am prepared to eat this bitterness from the heart, that is, I am ready, I will no longer think that I am a world champion, and I can’t do anything, just waiting for others to praise me, that is, to start over. This is the feeling."


    When Wang Chen first came to new york in 2001, she had a soft spot for this city. What inspired her most was the spirit that if she worked hard, she could achieve success in this city.


    A year later, Wang Chen became attached to a Polish Jew who was captured by Nazi Germany in World War II. Under the guidance of Wang Chen, he played ping-pong five days a week and helped Wang Chen to open a ping-pong club named after Wang Chen himself here in Upper West Side.


    "When I came to new york, I felt that I grew up here, learned a lot, knew how to treat people, make money, know how to manage this club, and how to be a good wife. Everything happened in new york and new york."


    Yes, Wang Chen met her husband of the same age while playing ball, exercising and swimming at nearby Columbia University. The two are speculative in character and have a good marriage. They often discuss Wang Chen’s performance on the court, and Zhou Yue even helps to download the video of Wang Chen’s opponent for her reference.


    Zhou Yue (Mr. Wang Chen): "It’s worse to watch the ball than to play it. In fact, I think I’d rather not watch it, but sometimes, sitting at home, you may not be able to help it, knowing that she is playing at this time, and climbing online to see the scores."


    "I cheered for me during the World Series, and my voice was hoarse. This is involuntary."


    At the Beijing Olympic Games, Wang Chen didn’t reach the final and won the medal, but for her, being able to appear in the Beijing Olympic Games has already fulfilled her dream. Moreover, in Wang Chen’s present life, playing table tennis is just an interest and hobby, and running your own table tennis club is the key. I also wish Crystal Huang and Wang Chen, as well as other athletes, to find fun in their favorite sports and achieve their careers at the same time. Ok, we will broadcast Chinese stories for you later. Welcome to stay tuned.

Editor: Luo Xing

China Automobile Association: Automobile production and sales are expected to hit a record high this year, exceeding the forecast target.

China Automobile Association expects that the China auto market will usher in a perfect ending in 2023.

On December 11th, according to the data of China Automobile Industry Association, in November this year, the production and sales of automobiles were 3.093 million and 2.97 million respectively, up 7% and 4.1% from the previous month and 29.4% and 27.4% from the same period last year. In November, the performance of the automobile market continued to improve, exceeding expectations. The automobile output reached a record high and the sales volume was close to 3 million.

From the perspective of the whole year, from January to November, the production and sales of automobiles were 27.111 million and 26.938 million, respectively, up by 10% and 10.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2 and 1.7 percentage points higher than that in January-October.

According to the China Automobile Association, in November, the auto market continued to be hot. With the help of the "double 11" promotion and other consumer waves, the demand for car purchase was further released, and the market performance continued to improve and exceeded expectations. In the same month, the production and sales of automobiles increased year-on-year, passenger cars continued their good trend, commercial vehicles maintained rapid growth, and new energy vehicles and automobile exports led the growth of the industry.

The China Automobile Association believes that in the same month, the production and sales of automobiles increased year-on-year, and new energy vehicles and automobile exports played a strong supporting role. Specifically, in November, the domestic sales volume of automobiles was 2.488 million, up 5.2% from the previous month and 24.3% from the same period last year. Automobile exports reached 482,000 vehicles, down 1.1% month-on-month and up 46.3% year-on-year. From January to November, the domestic sales of automobiles reached 22.526 million, up 4.7% year-on-year; Automobile exports reached 4.412 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 58.4%.

As far as new energy vehicles are concerned, the domestic sales volume in November was 929,000, up 11.7% from the previous month and 33.9% from the same period last year. The export of new energy vehicles was 97,000 vehicles, a decrease of 21.8% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 1.6%. From January to November, the domestic sales volume of new energy vehicles was 7.212 million, a year-on-year increase of 31.7%; New energy vehicles exported 1.091 million vehicles, up 83.5% year-on-year.

In view of December, the China Automobile Association expects that with the continuous emergence of policy effects, auto shows and promotional activities in various places will continue to exert their strength, and in addition, enterprises will finish their sprint in the last month. It is expected that the auto market will continue to improve in December, reappearing the phenomenon of "tail-jumping" at the end of the year.According to the judgment of China Automobile Association, automobile production and sales are expected to hit a record high throughout the year, exceeding the expected annual forecast target.

In December, 2022, China Automobile Association predicted that the total automobile sales in China in 2023 would be 27.6 million, up 3% year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume of passenger cars was 23.8 million, the sales volume of commercial vehicles was 3.8 million and the sales volume of new energy vehicles was 9 million.

The application of electronic connectors wins in the era of Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.

The new rise of science and technology has also created the heyday of an era. With the growth of the global population, it has promoted the progress and development of industry invisibly based on the need for convenience. The problem of food and clothing for modern people has been basically solved, and the experience brought by science and technology has become people’s spiritual food, bringing more fun and convenience to life.

Looking at the past, no matter from the industrial field or the consumer electronics field, the thinking and manufacturing power of the Internet is relatively backward, and the consumption power is weak, so the application scale of electronic connectors is very different from the present situation. With the opening of the Internet, the new promotion of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things has greatly changed the life around us.

Intuitive changes that can reflect the development of science and technology are constantly being popularized in life, and the application of smart home makes people sigh! Smart refrigerators, smart TVs, smart washing machines, smart speakers, smart lighting, smart air conditioners, smart door locks, intelligent curtain, etc., with the empowerment of the Internet of Things, have the ability to connect to the network, and have gradually become the new focus of the development of the Internet of Things in 2019.

The application of electronic connectors wins in the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.

In the field of consumer electronics, whether it is smart home, service robot or smart wear, with the development trend of intelligence, the application of electronic connectors has increased dramatically, showing an unprecedented good trend, which is a new height for the past.

The application of electronic connectors wins in the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.

According to authoritative statistics, the development of the Internet of Things is growing at an annual rate of 25%. It is estimated that by 2024, the market scale of the Internet of Things is expected to exceed 2.2 trillion yuan. Secondly, the application of the Internet of Things is more extensive, and it penetrates deeply in many industries such as electric power, transportation, industry, medical care, security and so on. In this new field, it will be a new blue ocean for the electronic connector market!

These are some of Xiaobian’s opinions. Readers can also discuss with Xiaobian what they think later.

Meta develops multi-functional tactile skin Reskin, which can quickly improve machine sensitivity and tactile sensing accuracy.

Nowadays, artificial intelligence gradually integrates with human senses such as sound and vision, making communication between people more convenient. However, it is still challenging to integrate artificial intelligence with human touch.

To solve this problem, Meta AI and Carnegie Mellon University successfully developed a multifunctional, replaceable and durable tactile skin, and named it ReSkin. It can quickly improve the tactile sensing accuracy and sensitivity of the machine in the application process.

(Source:Proceedings of Machine Learning Research )

Related papers are titled "Multifunctional, Replaceable and Lasting Touch Skin" (ReSkin:versatile,replaceable,lasting tactile skins) published in [1].

Matai visiting researcher Raunaq Buhanlan (Raunaq Bhirangi), Tess Hellebrex, postdoctoral fellow and scientist of Pittsburgh Yuan Artificial Intelligence Research Center (Tess Hellebrekers), Mel Majdi, Professor of Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University (Carmel Majidi), Abbina Gupta, Associate Professor of Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University (Abhinav Gupta) is the author of the paper.

It is mentioned in the paper that ReSkin relies on machine learning technology and magnetic sensing technology, and has the advantages of being cheap, multifunctional, durable and replaceable. Specifically, ReSkin has low production cost, only 2-3mm thick, and can interact with the machine model more than 50,000 times. In addition, it has a high spatial-temporal resolution with an accuracy of 90%.Figure | ReSkin is the size of a coin and easy to manufacture (Source:PMLR)

Thin and high-precision specifications make it suitable for all kinds of machines, such as robot hands, tactile gloves, arm sleeves, etc. For specific processes, ReSkin can also provide tactile signals (high frequency) for the sliding, throwing, catching and clapping operations of the machine.

When Reskin is applied to different products, a large amount of relevant data will be generated, which can help researchers improve their tactile perception ability in AI systems.

Figure | Frequency changes of sensors applying ReSkin under different magnetic fields (Source:Proceedings of Machine Learning Research)

For example, ReSkin is an elastic sheet that can change its shape and contains magnetic particles. When its shape changes, it will release different magnetic signals. Researchers can use magnetometer to measure these changes, and use data-driven technology to convert the measured data into information such as contact position and applied force.

At present, many tactile sensing experiments are limited to one sensor level. This is because every time ReSkin is replaced, the machine needs to build a new model, which reduces the transmission efficiency.

Moreover, in different scenarios, each sensor needs to be thoroughly calibrated with the initial calibration procedure to match its individual response. This means that the calibration procedure must also adapt to these changes. In addition, as time goes by, soft skin like ReSkin will deform and need to be replaced, so it is difficult to popularize and apply it to different interactive scenarios.

In order to simplify the replacement process of Reskin, the researchers made innovations in three aspects.

Firstly, the researcher separates the internal circuit of the sensor from the passive interface, and does not need to be electrically connected with the traditional measuring electronic equipment. This operation effectively improves the sensitivity of the sensor, and it is as simple as sticking a sticker when replacing worn ReSkin.

Secondly, the researchers use the output data of several sensors to improve the model mapping. Through this operation, researchers can use a higher data diversity training model. This helps the sensor to output more effective and generalized data.

Thirdly, thanks to the self-supervised learning mode of the machine, researchers don’t have to collect calibration data for each new sensor, but use a small amount of unlabeled data to automatically fine-tune the sensor.

It is known that the existing camera-based tactile sensor requires a very small contact distance between the surface and the camera, which leads to a heavier machine. In contrast, ReSkin can cover the hands and arms of humans and robots, which facilitates researchers to develop multifunctional, expandable and inexpensive tactile modules. This is impossible for the existing artificial intelligence tactile system.

In order to highlight the practical value of ReSkin and show its unique charm of promoting the development of artificial intelligence, researchers apply it to different machine scenes. From grasping tiny objects to measuring the force exerted by the dog’s feet, from building a continuous ReSkin with wide coverage to measuring the field contact force, ReSkin has shown its extremely high flexibility and practicality.

Although researchers have demonstrated the technical advantages of ReSkin in contact location and force prediction, ReSkin still has great development potential in the future.

The experiment of this paper is based on the single-point contact of the machine, and the goal of scientists is to further study the application of ReSkin under multi-point contact. Another interesting future development direction is to specifically analyze the influence of external magnetic field and metal objects on ReSkin’s perception ability.

In addition, based on ReSkin’s high time resolution of 400Hz, researchers can make use of this advantage and use dynamic time series data to create better machine models. In a word, scientists believe that ReSkin will promote the machine’s touch perception ability and be able to apply it to practice.

References:
1.https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.00071
2.https://ai.facebook.com/blog/reskin-a-versatile-replaceable-low-cost-skin-for-ai-research-on-tactile-perception/