Claytronics
SEMINAR REPORT-2013 CLAYTRONICS
CONTENTS 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Claytronics Vs Nanotechnology 4. Claytronics Hardware 5. Millimeter Scale Catoms 6. Software Research 7. An Internet in a Box 8. Nodes 9. Seamless Ensemble 10. The Research Program 11. Programming Language for Claytronic Ensembles 12. Shape Sculpting in Claytronics 13. Localization 14. Dynamic Simulation of Claytronic Ensembles. 15. Application. 16. Challenges facing Claytronics. 17. Conclusion. 18. References. SEMNAR REPORT-2013 CLAYTRONICS 1. ABSTRACT
"Claytronics" is an emerging field of engineering concerning reconfigurable Nanoscale robots ('claytronic atoms', or catoms) designed to form much larger scale machines or mechanisms. Also known as "programmable matter", the catoms will be sub-millimeter computers that will eventually have the ability to move around, communicate with each others, change color, and electro statically connect to other catoms to form different shapes. The forms made up of catoms could morph into nearly any object, even replicas of human beings for virtual meetings. With Claytronics we are talking of intelligent material. How can a material be intelligent? By being made up of particle-sized machines. At Carnegie Mellon, with support from Intel, the project is called Claytronics. The idea is simple: make basic computers housed in tiny spheres that can connect to each other and rearrange themselves. It’s the same concept as we saw with Modular Robotics, only on a smaller scale. Each particle, called a Claytronics atom or Catom, is less than a
CONTENTS 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Claytronics Vs Nanotechnology 4. Claytronics Hardware 5. Millimeter Scale Catoms 6. Software Research 7. An Internet in a Box 8. Nodes 9. Seamless Ensemble 10. The Research Program 11. Programming Language for Claytronic Ensembles 12. Shape Sculpting in Claytronics 13. Localization 14. Dynamic Simulation of Claytronic Ensembles. 15. Application. 16. Challenges facing Claytronics. 17. Conclusion. 18. References. SEMNAR REPORT-2013 CLAYTRONICS 1. ABSTRACT
"Claytronics" is an emerging field of engineering concerning reconfigurable Nanoscale robots ('claytronic atoms', or catoms) designed to form much larger scale machines or mechanisms. Also known as "programmable matter", the catoms will be sub-millimeter computers that will eventually have the ability to move around, communicate with each others, change color, and electro statically connect to other catoms to form different shapes. The forms made up of catoms could morph into nearly any object, even replicas of human beings for virtual meetings. With Claytronics we are talking of intelligent material. How can a material be intelligent? By being made up of particle-sized machines. At Carnegie Mellon, with support from Intel, the project is called Claytronics. The idea is simple: make basic computers housed in tiny spheres that can connect to each other and rearrange themselves. It’s the same concept as we saw with Modular Robotics, only on a smaller scale. Each particle, called a Claytronics atom or Catom, is less than a