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Self Assembling Microbots

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  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-09 14:01
    ...that is fascinating!

    Reminds me of watching magnetic domains move through an Intel magnetic bubble memory device.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-08-09 22:56
    IMHO, robots will never replace a French maid. I'd rather be handed a latte by a beautiful girl than start the day with a robot buzzing around.
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2011-08-10 03:27
    Self assembly robots are important for colonizing the Moon and planets. They go there first before man, replicate themselves, then create homes, factories, infrastructure and other necessities. Later, humans can move in.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-08-10 03:53
    It certainly would be nice if IKEA could achieve self-assembling robots (as furnature) before we got to the moon. Even on the moon, I'd rather not wake up to robots buzzing around before I had coffee.

    But these are microbots and seem to be more destined for creation of new materials.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-08-10 08:27
    You crack me up, Loopy! :)
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-08-10 09:20
    One, that's not robots, and two, they're NOT self-assembling, either.

    1. robots would be something 'self-contained' that can follow a set of programmed instructions. This one has is completely controlled (and powered. but that sin't important) from the outside.
    2. What 'assembles' these is an outside magnetic field. Not the pieces themselves.

    They're 'micro manipulator' arms 'waldos', nothing more.

    Still, it's a cool tech...
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-08-10 17:03
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    IMHO, robots will never replace a French maid. I'd rather be handed a latte by a beautiful girl than start the day with a robot buzzing around.

    Well I was watching a documentary series called Stargate: Atlantis last night where it appeared that they had self-assembling robots that could indistinguishably pass themselves off as human. The chief problem seemed to be convincing them not to genocidally destroy the real human race.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-08-10 23:20
    Well, we already have malicious sub-humans passing themselves off as equal to real humans. We certainly don't need robotic versions to evolve and join the rest of us. I already have enough problems with sorting out existing populations.

    Maybe 'some assembly required' is a protective barrier against such invasions.
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