Intuitive feel
This is an introduction to the character of robotic work in the nanocosm.
It should deliver some intuitive feeling of how things work down there.
Contents
- 1 How big is an atom?
- 2 How does it feel when you grab two atoms and rub them against each other?
- 3 How do atoms work and what shape do they have ?
- 4 At which speeds do Atoms usually move?
- 5 At which speeds will nanorobotics usually operate?
- 6 What happens when you let go of a building block?
- 7 Scaling laws
- 8 The feel of AP Products
- 9 Bonding energies - Tensile strengths - Stiffnesses
- 10 Further
How big is an atom?
False claim? "Atoms are unimaginably small."
That's commonly assumed. And whenever some comparison is brought up one usually feels confirmed on hat assumption.
Turns out that there is a "best way" to get an inuitive feel for their size that is rarely (or never) used.
Here are the details: "Magnification theme-park". – Judge yourself.
How does it feel when you grab two atoms and rub them against each other?
Moved to: "The feel of atoms"
How do atoms work and what shape do they have ?
Moved to: "The basics of atoms"
At which speeds do Atoms usually move?
Moved to : "The speed of atoms"
At which speeds will nanorobotics usually operate?
Moved to: "The speed of nanorobotics"
What happens when you let go of a building block?
Main article: "The heat-overpowers-gravity size-scale"
Let's consider an somewhat unusual fall experiment. A small gripper let go of a building block. Simple? See if you answer right.
Scaling laws
They describe what changes when one goes down the scale. E.g. that magnetic motors become weak but electrostatic ones strong. More details can be found at the scaling laws main page.
The feel of AP Products
AP products though robotic and gemstone like in the nanocosm are not necessarily cold hard and robot like to the human senses. Emulated elasticity can create any form imaginable with gradients from soft to hard. It isn't an easy to attain property but it is an highly desirable one and will emerge at some point.
Bonding energies - Tensile strengths - Stiffnesses
(TODO: Add the same info table as on VdW force page)
[Todo: Add table - make it visualizable for covalent bonds and VdW bonds]
[Todo: show surface area thats VdW ashesion is energetically equivalent to one covalent bond - related: Form locking]
Further
- Periodic table of elements
- acceleration limits
- jumping building blocks
- Why nanomechanics is barely mechanical quantummechanics
- Video Playlist: The Shape of Atoms and Bonds (By "Learn Hub")
- Distorted visualisation methods for convergent assembly
- Scaling laws
