Vroom vroom go the nanobots

[Sceadwian]

This is my definition of sexy science. With video!

 

[cowboybob]

Very, very cool...

Make's you wonder how long before they can make one of these that go beyond being static and can roll.

And how long after that it will have on board working motors for propulsion and steering??

Incredible.

 

[Sceadwian]

It only took a little over four minutes to make that. The speed approximated in the link says the previous speed for something like this was in mm per second, where this is in meters per second. That's more than a few orders of magnitude =) Most of the time appeared to be waiting for the activated resin to rest before the next layer was applied, it definitely redefines what can be made at that scale, now they just have to figure out how to construct something with the components made.

I'm sure every chemist associated with the project is already trying to formulate resins with different physical properties.