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Diamondoid AP products made out of [[microcomponents]] can potentially be taken apart again to do
self repair or system upgrades. If the exchange of [[microcomponents]] is done while the system is not active it's [[microcomponents]] can be disassembled by the upper [[assembly levels]] of a '''compatible''' nanofactory or [[microcomponent recomposer device]] but if the exchange shall be done while the system is running or without disassembling the whole system mechanisms for transport of [[microcomponents]] must be present.

'''Microcomponent maintainance units''' - small diamondoid AP products out of a single or multiple microcomponents - featuring [[legged mobility]]
would be a possibility to provide this mobility.
They could e.g. hold onto a simple cubic crystal lattice with eight arms and move from interstitial point to interstitial point by arm extension or shrinkage.
Further manipulators would allow them to unlock remove and transport [[microcomponents]].
For high throughputs a fractal channel design will be necessary but for self repair of the usually low damage rates a simple cartesian channel system will suffice in most practical cases.

Note that microcomponent maintainance units do not have to have such high "intelligence" (fluid dynamics emulation) like (''speculative'') [[utility fog]] has to have.
Also they have no means for self replication like the outdated concept of [[technology level III|molecular assemblers]].

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== Related ==

A macroscopic device with the same restrictions on capabilities is the [[microcomponent recomposer device]]. <br>
It also cannot do [[mechanosynthesis]]. But the much more space in the macroscopic device still gives the potential to greater capabilities. <br>
Multidevice [[microcomponent recomposer device]] systems should come a little closer in capability the macroscopic microcomponent maintainence units.

* [[Self repair]]
* [[Mobile nanoscale robotic device]]
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