From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon May 26 2003 - 03:55:20 MDT
I would probably look at distributed agent systems and swarm
robotics too. Once the nanodevices are up and running, they will
need a lot of robotics programming linking sensors to actuators.
Getting large numbers to work together will be either akin to
getting swarm robots to do useful stuff (for freeform
applications), or designing a robotic assembly line (for
micromanufacturing designs).
Probably this knowledge needs to be combined with a bit of
chemistry knowledge to understand what is going on and what is
needed. The likely developing teams of nanodevices are probably
going to be heavily multidisciplinary, and for that we need
computer scientists who can speak with chemists and biologists.
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