2. INTRODUCTION
BETTER IDEA ABOUT UTILITY FOG
MODES OF OPERATION
ARCHITECTURE
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Basic structure
Communications and Control
GENERAL PROPERTIES
ADVANTAGES OF A UTILITY FOG ENVIRONMENT
APPLICATIONS AND USES
THE LIMITS OF UTILITY FOG
CONCLUSION
3. Collection of microrobots that transforms into
anything the user desires
Programmable to simulate most physical
properties
Replacement of robots programmed just for
specific purposes
4. Concept coined by Dr John Storrs Hall in 2001
Based on the concept of molecular
nanotechnology
Conglomeration of 100-micron robotic cells
or foglets
Each foglet is the size of a human cell with 12
arms
5.
6. Robot (foglet) with the size of a human cell
Swarm of foglets known as utility fog
Enables -
creation
levitation
manipulation
teleportation
shape shifting
7. •Mobility concept-Can move in different
directions and can perform any mechanical
action
•Example :
•Table-solid and locked
•Fan-solid components with moving joints
Native
mode
•Static concept-Static foglets ,Pixelate,
to transmit information and sound
•Example:
•Display screen on immovable objects
with 100 micron resolution with a
processing power of 286 PC
Fog mode
8. FOGLET 1 FOGLET 2 FO
NANOC
ONTROL
LER
FOGLET
ARM
VOICE
INPUT
GRIPP
ER FOGLET
9. Exoskeleton made up of aluminium oxide
Each Foglet has twelve arms, arranged as the faces
of a dodecahedron.
Spherical central body-10 micron
12 telescopic arms-50 micron long ,5 microns in
diameter
Arms with swivel joints at the base with 4 degree of
freedom
Three grippers on each arm for interconnecting
foglets.
10.
11.
12. Couplers
Communication and power control
Optical waveguide
Communication from user
Power and electrical transmission line
Power supply in foglet
Grippers
Locking foglets together
13.
14. Foglets run on electricity, store hydrogen as an
energy buffer.
Hydrogen fuel tank-Hydrogen ions combine with
oxygen to produce electricity and water vapour as
by-products
Some waste heat generated by Fog at work can be
utilized in heat pumps
Colour and reflectivity of an object are results of its
properties as an antenna in the micron wavelength
region.
15.
16. Takes commands ,processes it using pre-
processor and passes results among other foglets
Done by building a nanocontroller which can
direct a 10 kilohertz robot.
Control of the arms is actually simple - Managed
by simple controllers that take commands like
"Move to point X at speed y.“
RISC design allows single processor to control a
100 kHz arm; using auxiliary controllers let it do
all 12 easily.
17. Major advantage is safety
Cars-Seat belt
Safety from nuclear explosions
Household safety
Physical manipulation & assembly
Transportation
Reduces wastage of space
Life made easy
ADVANTAGES OF UTILITY FOG ENVIRONMENT
18. Build efficient machines for long distance
information propagation and physical
transportation
For local use and interface with worldwide
network
Space researches
Manages pressure in space suits
No worries on floating of the ship
Shape shifting reduces wastage of space
19. Cannot stimulate very hard materials
Lack of self intelligence
Cannot handle anything involving chemical
reactions
Cannot form food or water
Cannot produce high temperatures
20. Replacement for all the technologies around
us
More compatible and sophisticated
Safer environment
Wonder world making life easy and lazy
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systems,” Journal of Artificial Life, vol. 7, 2004.
Lynne E Parker, “Distributed Intelligence: Overview of
the field and its applications”. Journal of Physical
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A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi. “Multi-robot
systems: A classification focused on coordination”.
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics B,
34(5):2015–2028, 2004.
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