Re: Simulating an assembler?


>>>>> "Bob" == "Bob Larson" <boblarson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bob> Do we now have computers capable of designing and testing an
Bob> assembler in software?

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Logajan <JamesL@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Jim> Parts and small subsystems have been modeled (e.g. gears,
Jim> mechanical linkages, etc.) but not systems anywhere near as
Jim> complex as an assembler.

Has anyone gotten anywhere designing a "toolhead" for an assembler?
I'm thinking of a structure that could hold an atom in position and
form/facilitate a covalent bond between that atom and another atom
(electrically? enzymatically? otherwise?)

Say you could feed methane down a nanotube...what do you need at the
end of the nanotube to strip a hydrogen and get the carbon to bond to
another atom near the end of the tube?

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