Motivated by a mission to restore national dignity, Wang declares: "The wooden oxen were effectively the world's first successfully applied military robots. They are national treasures of China, and by recreating them I mean to show foreigners the greatness of Chinese science and technology."
「木牛流馬可以說是世界上第一批成功使用的軍用機器人，是我們國家的國寶，我把它復原出來，要讓洋人知道中國科技的偉大」，王湔充滿了恢復民族尊嚴的使命感。