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Ultrasonic Robot Vibrations and Pizza Tossing by Monash University
Really interesting developments on ultrasonic robotic vibrations. Scientists from Monash University will use the physics of a perfect pizza toss to design the next generation of micro motors thinner than a human hair.
No Comments »Magnetically Actuated Micro-Robots
A 200 x 100 x 50-micron permanent magnet micro-robot moving on a glass slide in air with a dime underneath for scale, actuated by magnetic fields.More information on the website.
World’s Smallest Robot With Gripper
At 1/20th of a cubic inch, this may be the world’s smallest wheeled robot with a gripper. The video shows it picking up and moving an 8 pin integrated circuit. Details on how to build it at instructables. Here is another video.
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Nanofactory Design
A nanofactory is a proposed system in which nanomachines (resembling molecular assemblers, or industrial robot arms) would combine molecules to build larger atomically precise parts. These, in turn, would be assembled by positioning mechanisms of assorted sizes to build macroscopic (visible) but still atomically-precise products.
No Comments »Waalbot Robot by nanoRobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon
New nanorobot videos of the Waalbot, a wall climbing robot from the Nanorobotics lab at Carnegie Mellon University. Video shows robot climbing on wood cabinets using synthetic dry adhesive microfiber footpads. More info at nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/waalbots/tri-leg.shtml and nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/geckohair/
1 Comment »Lego Structural Visualizations
Awesome representation of legos building structures in real-time. Great visualization of how small scale nano robot structures could be built in ral-time. 1500 hours of moving legobricks and individual photos splced together.
