Month: September 2022

NANO-ASSEMBLY LINE. "But Gu’s robot isn’t alone. It’s accompanied by three more DNA ‘loading’ machines, each carrying a different cargo of gold particles – a small 5-nanometre one, a pair of these, and a large(r) 10-nanometre one. By tweaking the settings of the loaders, Gu can create eight possible products, forged of a combination of the three types of gold particles." http://science.sciencemag.org/content/345/6198/795 View in LinkedIn

BIG STEP. "This is the first time that systems of nanomachines, rather than individual devices, have been used to perform operations, constituting a crucial advance in the evolution of DNA nanotechnology.” http://science.sciencemag.org/content/345/6198/795 View in LinkedIn

THE GU ROBOT. "An alternative approach to nanoscale assembly uses information-containing molecules such as DNA to control interactions and thereby minimize unwanted cross-talk between different components." https://lnkd.in/dAgytm4 View in LinkedIn

DNA FACTORY. "In principle, this method should allow the stepwise and programmed construction of target products by linking individually selected nanoscale components—much as an automobile is built on an assembly line." http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7295/full/nature09026.html View in LinkedIn

ROBOT SOCCER. "The robot soccer system is associated with cooperation, decision-making, planning, modeling, learning, robot architecture, vision tracking algorithm, sensing, communication, and so forth." https://lnkd.in/d77jvk3 View in LinkedIn

EMERGENT PROPERTIES. "Outdoor flocking and formation flight with autonomous aerial robots. We present the first decentralized multi-copter flock that performs stable autonomous outdoor flight with up to 10 flying agents. By decentralized and autonomous we mean that all members navigate themselves based on the dynamic information received from other robots in the vicinity. We do not use central data processing or control." https://lnkd.in/d3iDMRC View in LinkedIn

FLOCK OF AUTONOMOUS DRONES. "In a field outside Budapest, Hungary, ten quadcopter drones are flying as a coordinated flock. They zip through the great outdoors, fly in formation, or even follow a leader." http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/a-bird-like-flock-of-autonomous-drones/ View in LinkedIn

BIRD BOTS. "They’re autonomous, meaning that they compute their flight plans on their own, without any central control. They can follow instructions, but they work out their own paths using GPS signals to navigate and radio signals to talk to one another. They’re the closest thing we have to an artificial flock of birds." http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/a-bird-like-flock-of-autonomous-drones/ View in LinkedIn

THREE RULES. "He programmed virtual flying objects—the eponymous Boids—to move according to three simple rules. They aligned with the average heading of their neighbours; they were attracted to each other; and they also repulsed each other to keep some personal space. These three simple rules were enough to simulate a realistic bird-like flock." http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/a-bird-like-flock-of-autonomous-drones/ View in LinkedIn

RULES AND REALITY. "Alignment, attraction and repulsion can keep a virtual flock together, but in the world of wires and rotors, they aren’t enough. The big enemies are noise and delay." http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/a-bird-like-flock-of-autonomous-drones/ View in LinkedIn