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Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Shape-Shifting Robot Nanotech - Swarms on Mars

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n050 … ker/]Click

*I'll re-read this when I'm a bit more fully awake (currently very early a.m.).  This is cool.  I searched with the words "swarms" - "shape-shifting" - "nanotech" (both recent and more remote search fields) and don't see this article previously posted anywhere (though I find that difficult to believe!). 

Too bad SBird isn't still here; he was into nanotech, etc. 

--Cindy 

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Grypd

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From: Scotland, Europe

Registered: 2004-06-07

Posts: 1,879

Re: Shape-Shifting Robot Nanotech - Swarms on Mars

The problems with Robots is that we are rapidly progressing on movement and physical capacity. Even power systems and to a degree vision are improving. What is holding back the ability for us to have robots everywhere is that we cant seem to crack the capacity to give them limited AI.

And I have been studying the progress of Nanotech and am impressed. Here is one for you researchers in England are actually using parts of virus cells developed to function and provide motive power and an ability to target themselves. Could bring a new generation of medicine

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