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roam
8th November 2007 - 03:32 AM

Hello all,
when a hypothetical nanobot moves, would it use mini-gears? It seems that if you were to do that, and the molecules it was made of were the same polarity, wouldn't it not work?

Or could you use electric pulses to make gears work like mini electric motors?

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paul h
9th November 2007 - 01:20 AM
QUOTE (roam+Nov 7 2007, 11:32 PM)
Hello all,
when a hypothetical nanobot moves, would it use mini-gears? It seems that if you were to do that, and the molecules it was made of were the same polarity, wouldn't it not work?

Or could you use electric pulses to make gears work like mini electric motors?

ph34r.gif

Hi roan,
Wiki says --Recently, Rice University has demonstrated a single-molecule car which is developed by a chemical process and includes buckyballs for wheels.

But if it is a hypothetical nanobot, then I guess it is up to you how to build the wheels. personally I kinda like a segway type design with side by side balls for wheels, this would allow for moving along with the wheels in contact with the bottom or side walls of a tunnel.
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