Space Bionanorobotic Systems: Design and Applications

@inproceedings{Mavroidis2005Space, abstract = {This paper describes novel concepts of space bionanorobotic systems that are based on revolutionary bio-nano-mechanisms formed by protein and DNA based nano-components. Nano-robots are controllable machines at the nano (10-9) meter or molecular scale that are composed of nano-scale components. With the modern scientific capabilities, it has become possible to attempt the creation of nanorobotic devices and interface them with the macro world. There are countless such machines that exist in nature and there is an opportunity to build more of them by mimicking nature. A roadmap towards the progression of this field is proposed and some design concept and philosophies are illustrated. Two macroscale devices with important space application that will be using bio-nano-component assemblies are proposed. These are the Networked TerraXplorer (NTXp) and The All Terrain Astronaut Bio-Nano Gears (ATB).}, address = {Washington, DC, USA}, author = {Mavroidis, Constantinos and Ummat, Ajay}, booktitle = {EH '05: Proceedings of the 2005 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware}, citeulike-article-id = {3574180}, doi = {10.1109/EH.2005.43}, isbn = {0-7695-2399-4}, keywords = {bionanorobotics, nanotechonology}, pages = {193--202}, posted-at = {2008-11-18 13:21:35}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, title = {Space Bionanorobotic Systems: Design and Applications}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EH.2005.43}, year = {2005} }

TY - CONF ID - Mavroidis2005Space L3 - citeulike-article-id:3574180 N2 - This paper describes novel concepts of space bionanorobotic systems that are based on revolutionary bio-nano-mechanisms formed by protein and DNA based nano-components. Nano-robots are controllable machines at the nano (10-9) meter or molecular scale that are composed of nano-scale components. With the modern scientific capabilities, it has become possible to attempt the creation of nanorobotic devices and interface them with the macro world. There are countless such machines that exist in nature and there is an opportunity to build more of them by mimicking nature. A roadmap towards the progression of this field is proposed and some design concept and philosophies are illustrated. Two macroscale devices with important space application that will be using bio-nano-component assemblies are proposed. These are the Networked TerraXplorer (NTXp) and The All Terrain Astronaut Bio-Nano Gears (ATB). SN - 0-7695-2399-4 AD - Washington, DC, USA EP - 202 TI - Space Bionanorobotic Systems: Design and Applications PB - IEEE Computer Society T2 - EH '05: Proceedings of the 2005 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware SP - 193 KW - bionanorobotics KW - nanotechonology AU - Mavroidis, Constantinos AU - Ummat, Ajay PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EH.2005.43 ER -