Clay Tronics

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CLAYTRONICSPresented by: Anjaly S. George

` Surayya K. M

S3 AE & I

Innovation beyond imagination



Dynami 3!Dimentional Dis"lay o#in#ormation



A resear$ %eld t$at deals it$ reatingsub!millimeter si'ed s"$erial robots! alledatoms! $i$ an interat it$ ea$ ot$erand #untion as a single unit.

($ese atoms an be used as"rogrammable matter.

What is CLAYTRONICS ?



To create 3D robots $i$ an

mimi real li#e objets it$ $ig$!%delity)inluding t$e loo* and te+ture o# t$e objets

RSARC! O"#CTI$%&





,om"utationSensingAtuation

Dis"lay,ommuniation

CATO'S are(ro(osed digita) materia) having*



,P-Energy storeetor* de/ie

A me$anism #or ad$erene0magnetism or eletrostati #ores12ideo out"ut de/iene or more SensorsDe/ies #or loomotion

ach CATO' contains%&&



Ea$ atoms s$ould be sel#!ontained e/eryt$ing neessary #or its#untions

o stati "oer s$ould be re4uired #orad$esion a#ter atta$ment ,oordination o# atoms s$ould be

"er#ormed /ia loal ontrol

,atoms s$ould not ontain mo/ing "arts

DSI+N ,RINCI,LS



,olletion o# atoms is alled 5ensembles6 ea$ atom it$in ensemble an determine

its loation

Ensemble ill $a/e a goal as a $ole) soea$ atom an deide to bond or mo/e tobring a oo"erati/e ation.





,laytroni te$nology $as beome "ossiblebeause o# Moore7s 8a



!OW IT WOR-S ??????



Small si'ed robots ontrolled it$

in#ormation transmitted #romany$ere) remotely.

,atoms are #ormed as a building

blo*s)just li*e lay.

Ability to $ange olour)by

"ro/iding 8,D or 8ED on t$esur#ae.



SO.TWAR

9e need distributed om"uting in,laytronis as t$ere ill be no ire and nouni4ue address o# t$e atoms in a,laytronis matri+. It means it $as to beo"erated in state o# onstant u+. And #ort$at to languages are de/elo"ed! ME8D &8DP.

($e "oint o# t$e "rogramming is totranslate ommands into t$e motion o# ea$ma$ine in its relations$i" to e/ery ot$erma$ine.



Meld is a "rogramming language designed#or robustly "rogramming massi/eensembles.

($e "rogrammer needs to rite a "rogram#or an ensemble rat$er t$an t$e modulest$at ma*e it u".

<eause Meld is a delarati/e "rogramming

language t$e "rograms ritten in Meld areonise.

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8DP a""roa$es t$e distributed "rogramming "roblemusing "attern!mat$ing te$ni4ues.

8DP allos #or t$e e+"ression o# distributed e/entse4uenes as ell as t$e e+"ression o# "artiulars$a"es .($ese #ailities) ombined it$ an array o#mat$ematial and logial o"erators) allo"rogrammers to e+"ress a ide /ariety o# distributedonditions.

As it$ Meld) 8DP "rodues dramatially s$orter ode

t$an traditional $ig$!le/el languages 0,==) >a/a) et.1. A reati/e language) 8DP gros #rom earlier resear$

into t$e analysis o# distributed loal onditions) $i$$as been used to trigger debugging "rotools.

8,A88? DIS(@I<-(ED P@EDI,A(ES 08DP1:



$IRT/AL A,,LICATIONS*Sa#etyDe#ene (eleommuniation!"arioouses

RAL WORLD A,,LICATIONS*o need to arry gadgetsA small bag o# atomsA ontrollerSo#tares & blue"rints installed

eg.S$a"e & olour $anging mobiles

S$a"e)si'e & olour $anging lot$es

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In t$e urrent design) t$e atoms are only able tomo/e in to dimensions relati/e to ea$ ot$er.Buture atoms ill be re4uired to mo/e in t$reedimensions relati/e to ea$ ot$er.

Anot$er major design $allenge ill be de/elo"inga genderless unary onnetor #or t$e atoms inorder to *ee" reon%guration time at a minimum.

(o reate su$ nano!robot or atoms o# millimetersale by #abriation "roess.

In ase o# so#tare /ie e need enormousom"uting "oer!$i$ is largely un#amiliar to"resent day te$nology.

(o reate su$ an easy algorit$m t$at an or* in

real time it$out any error.

,A88EGES BA,IG ,8A?(@I,S



,laytronis is /ery ad/aned te$nology,an $ange t$e ay e interat it$

om"uter

as entirely ne eonomial o""urtunitiesAt "resent)in early stages9ould be de/ol"ed in a #e deades

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