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By Miss Cellania in Science & Tech, Video Clips on Sep 24, 2008 at 9:09 am



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NIST’s conducts its nanosoccer competitions and demonstrations in conjunction with RoboCup, an international organization dedicated to using the game of soccer as a testing ground for the robotics technologies of the future. NIST’s goal in coordinating competitions between the world’s smallest robots—known as nanobots (nanoscale robots)—is to show the feasibility and accessibility of technologies for fabricating MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), tiny mechanical devices built onto semiconductor chips and measured in micrometers (millionth of a meter).

Looks like a lot of fun to me! Read more at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Link -via the Presurfer, who is celebrating eight years online today!


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  1. Thomas
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 9:30 am

    I detect little to no soccer happening.

  2. notthatguy
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 10:25 am

    Seriously, where's the futbol? This is all very fascinating but I was promised tiny Mia Hamms and miniature hooligans.

  3. Lo'oris
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 10:46 am

    Yeah, there's no soccer at all. I mean, it's a great video, but talking about soccer when there's not sounds too much like a cheap way to attract people to watch it.

  4. jmp478
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 11:40 am

    Or maybe the name 'Nanosoccer' sounded better than
    "nanorobots smaller than a grain of rice programmed to move around"

    One of them does move a tiny ball around at one point

  5. HenningKO
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    I don't even know if it should be called "nano". If we're talking human hair, that's 4 orders of magnitude larger... firmly in the "micro" scale. But again, nano gets the attention.

  6. Alex
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

    I, for one, am impressed. Pretty soon we'll be welcoming our new nanobot overlords.

  7. Ali S.
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    Great! Does this mean that in the future when our nanobot implants are bored they can start an impromptu football game in our arteries? ;)

  8. renderanything
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Great, yet another sport I am destined to suck at.

  9. Thomas
    Sep 24th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Don't get me wrong, I'm ready to welcome our nanobot overlords, but I was promised a nanobot game of soccer. And I am disappointed.

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