Voyage of the Stars

As soon as he said this, Yue Yuan was immediately speechless, what a little Karami. If you, Yi Kai, are little Karami, then what are the other aspects of human biology?

But Yue Yuan didn't go to pick up the fight. After all, he understood it at this point.

And I also have some ideas in my mind. Whether it will be successful or not, I will find out when the time comes by calling in those physicists, materials scientists, computer experts, programming experts, mathematicians, etc., and hold a discussion meeting.

Since this year, Yue Yuan has been very concerned about this matter, so he does know very well that humans are now capable of creating a swarm of robots of that size.

The difficulty lies in functionality. There is no need to fantasize about nano mining robots for the time being. Yue Yuan immediately thought of military applications. In his mind, it would be great if he could create a repair robot that could repair spacecraft damage.

Yue Yuan is not a leader who doesn't understand any technology. He knows the difficulties of this kind of nano-repair robot that he imagined. First of all, it is materials. Human beings must have some special materials.

Because it is used to repair battleships, this material must meet several requirements. First, it must be turned into a high-strength alloy under certain conditions and fused to the gap in the damaged battleship.

Second, it must be made of ordinary elements.

Third, it must be processed into nanorobots in large quantities and can be integrated with other similar nanorobots.

This requirement is quite high, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to realize a nanorobot the size of a table tennis ball.

But now that he had an idea, Yue Yuan didn't want to continue fantasizing, so he immediately called Yi Kai to have a meal together, and then notified several scientists in related fields that they would meet immediately after the meal.

After eating and drinking, Yue Yuan and Yi Kai took the lead in arriving at a small conference room.

After several related physicists, materials scientists, computer experts, programming experts, engineering experts, mechanical manufacturing experts, etc. arrived, Yue Yuan went straight to the point and expressed his thoughts. , and then looked at them quietly.

"Chief, we also need to solve the problem of mass production of nanorobots. If this kind of nanorepair robot can be realized, we must have an extremely high-output nanorobot production line, and nanorobots the size of table tennis balls may still be too big."

The speaker was materials science expert Xu Zhenyi. He paused and then continued: "As for the ability of materials to repair warships, there are only two forms. One is high-temperature melting, and the other is nanorobots connected to the structure in some form. stand up.

In the first case, something must be built into the nanorobot that generates high temperatures instantly and melts into a fixed shape according to our wishes. This is not only a matter of materials science, but also requires aspects such as engineering, programming, etc. comprehensive consideration.

In the second case, we must have smaller nanorobots. In my opinion, they must be at least the size of a bee. The structure formed after melting between them can refer to the structure of No. 1 alloy material and No. 2 alloy material. , as for the melting and connecting process, it requires the cooperation of professional skills from other disciplines. "

It is impossible for a small nanorobot to generate a high temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees and melt itself, but you can find a way to use some kind of material to be built into the nanorobot. After the nanorobot arrives at the target location, its built-in chip will come into play. , melt certain materials placed inside it in advance, and then extend its tentacles through its shell to bond it with other nanorobots to achieve the purpose of repair.

Although repairing in this way is not as powerful as the original, it is still an emergency remedy. If used in war, partially damaged warships do not need to withdraw from the battlefield and return to the dock for repairs.

This is a proper battlefield medic!

Anyone who has played games knows the importance of wet nurses. If the nano-repair technology can be successful, then the combat effectiveness of the human fleet will definitely be improved by more than one level.

The interstellar battlefield is different from others. There is no rescue ship, or a hospital ship full of engineering repair equipment, nor a hospital ship with a large number of doctors, nor a game-like health bar.

Under normal circumstances, if a warship is damaged, it is basically not far from being completely sunk.

The enemy doesn't talk about benevolence and morality, and they won't just see that you are an unarmed rescue ship and not fire at you. There is no situation where a battleship is damaged and then several rescue ships are waiting to arrive to pick up the personnel on the battleship. After experiencing the war with Kuntai civilization, humans clearly understood that it was completely unrealistic to dispatch rescue ships during the war.

So if you want to make the warship stronger, apart from armor and shields, you only need repair technology.

"Well, a nanorobot the size of a table tennis ball is the first step. We can build it and test it first, and then find ways to optimize it." Yue Yuan nodded,

He naturally knew what Xu Zhenyi meant. If this kind of technology could really be developed, then mankind would have reached the threshold of nanotechnology.

Moreover, nano-repair can not only be used on the outer shell of the battleship. Yue Yuan is very aware of the value of this technology. As long as the corresponding patches are programmed in advance, nano-robots can also repair various damaged pipes on the battleship.

Imagine that nano-repair technology is fully capable of repairing places that were originally damaged because the space was too small for humans and engineering machinery to repair.

At this moment, the computer expert opposite said: "Swarm logic is almost impossible for us at present, but we can try to program a host to control a group of nanorobots. On the chip of each individual nanorobot It’s not difficult to write some simple functions.”

Experts in mechanical manufacturing also said: "In terms of technology, experimental nanorobots the size of table tennis balls are not a big problem. After all, they do not require corresponding repair functions. As for the one the size of a bee, we have to design its structure carefully. This matter We can’t do it all by one department. We need the cooperation of shipyards, various components, various pipelines, design institutes, materials institutes, and all the relevant persons in charge. After all, products need to be designed with different structures according to different working environments!”

Yue Yuan nodded and said, "That's for sure."

Experts in the computer field also said: "In terms of host AI, it is best to separate a subroutine from the central computer to be responsible for running it."

For a time, everyone in the small conference room expressed their opinions and contributed to Yue Yuan's immature idea, gradually turning it from an idea into an experimental project with clear adjustments and possible realization.