Nanomite Repair Project Development
These words left Yue Yuan speechless. What the hell is this "Little Karami"? If Yi Kai is "Little Karami," then what are all other human organisms?
However, Yue Yuan didn't respond, since he understood what had just been said.
Moreover, I already have some ideas in mind. Whether it will work or not, we'll find out by inviting physicists, materials scientists, Computer Field experts, programming gurus, mathematicians, and the like over for a discussion.
Yue Yuan has been paying close attention to this matter this year, so he is well aware that humanity is now capable of creating swarms of robots of that size.
The difficulty lies in functionality; for now, we can forget about Nano Mining Robot. Yue Yuan immediately thought of military applications. In his mind, it would be great if he could create a repair robot that could fix damage to spaceships.
Yue Yuan wasn't a leader who knew nothing about technology; he understood the difficulties he envisioned in developing this kind of Nanomite Repair Robot. First and foremost was the material; humanity would need some kind of special material.
Because it is used for repairing warships, this material must meet several requirements. First, it must be able to transform into a high-strength alloy under certain conditions and be fused to the damaged gaps in the warship.
Secondly, it must be composed of ordinary elements.
Third, it must be able to be mass-produced and manufactured into Nanobots, and also be able to be integrated with other similar Nanobots.
That's quite a high bar; Nanobots the size of a ping-pong ball would probably be difficult to achieve. But since he had the idea, Yue Yuan didn't want to keep daydreaming. So he immediately invited Yi Kai to have a meal together, and then notified several scientists in related fields to meet up immediately after the meal.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Yue Yuan and Yi Kai went to a small Conference Room first.
After several physicists, materials scientists, Computer Field experts, programming gurus, Engineering Experts, mechanical manufacturing experts, and others arrived, Yue Yuan got straight to the point, stating his thoughts and then quietly observing them.
"Chief, we also need to solve the problem of mass-producing Nanobots. If we can achieve this kind of Nanomite Repair Robot, we must have an extremely high-volume Nanobots production line, and even Nanobots the size of a ping-pong ball might still be too large."
The speaker was Xu Zhenyi, a materials science expert. He paused for a moment before continuing, "There are only two ways to enable materials to repair warships: one is to melt them at high temperatures, and the other is to connect Nanobots to the structure in some form."
In the first scenario, something that generates instantaneous high temperatures must be embedded inside the Nanobots, and it must also be melted into a fixed shape according to our wishes. This is not only a materials science issue, but also requires comprehensive consideration of aspects such as engineering and programming.
In the second scenario, we would need even smaller Nanobots, at least the size of a bee. The structure formed after their fusion could be modeled after alloy No. 1 Alloy Material and No. 2 Alloy Material. As for the melting and bonding process, that would require the cooperation of other disciplines and technologies.
It's impossible for a tiny Nanobots to generate temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees and melt itself, but it's possible to find a way to embed a certain material inside the Nanobots. Once the Nanobots reaches its target location, its Built-in Chip will activate, melting certain materials placed inside it beforehand. Then, tentacles will extend from its shell, allowing it to adhere to other Nanobots and achieve the purpose of repair.
While this method of repair isn't as robust as the original, it's still a viable emergency solution. If used in wartime, partially damaged warships wouldn't need to be withdrawn from the battlefield and returned to dock for repairs.
This is definitely a battlefield medic!
Anyone who has played games knows the importance of healers. If Nanomite Repair Technology, the combat power of the human fleet will definitely increase by more than one level.
Unlike other interstellar battlefields, there are no rescue ships, medical ships fully loaded with engineering and repair equipment, medical ships with a large number of doctors, or health bars like in games.
Under normal circumstances, if a warship is damaged, it is basically not far from being completely sunk.
The enemy has no sense of morality or ethics, and they certainly won't refrain from firing just because you're an unarmed rescue ship. There's no scenario where a warship is damaged, and you wait for several rescue ships to arrive and evacuate the crew. After the war with the Kun-Tai Civilization, humanity clearly understands that deploying rescue ships during wartime is utterly impractical.
Therefore, if you want to make warships more robust, besides armor and shields, the only remaining option is repair technology.
"Yes, a ping-pong ball-sized Nanobots is the first step. We can build it and test it first, and then figure out how to optimize it," Yue Yuan nodded.
He naturally understood Xu Zhenyi's meaning: if such technology could be developed, then humanity would have touched the threshold of Nanotechnology.
Moreover, nano-repair can be used on more than just the hull of warships. Yue Yuan was well aware of the value of this technology. As long as the corresponding repair program is programmed in advance, Nanobots can also repair various damaged pipes on warships.
Imagine places that were originally damaged and inaccessible to humans and machinery due to limited space; Nanomite Repair Technology could perfectly handle those repairs.
At this moment, the computer expert on the other end spoke up, "Group logic is almost impossible for us at present, but we can try to write a program to control a swarm of Nanobots. It's not difficult to write some simple functions into the chip of each individual Nanobots."
An expert in mechanical manufacturing also said, "In terms of technology, experimental Nanobots the size of ping-pong balls are not a big problem, since they don't require repair functions. As for those the size of bees, we need to design their structures carefully. This is something that one department can't handle alone. It requires the cooperation of shipyards, various component manufacturers, various pipeline manufacturers, Design Institute, materials scientists, and all relevant personnel. After all, the products need to be designed with different structures for different working environments!"
Yue Yuan nodded and said, "That's for sure."
Computer Field experts also suggested, "For mainframe AI, it would be best to dedicate a subroutine from the Central Computer to handle its operation."
In a short time, everyone in the Conference Room expressed their opinions, adding to Yue Yuan's immature idea and gradually transforming it from a mere thought into a well-structured and potentially achievable experimental project.