Most of my research is in nanotechnology: devices, systems andstructures which have functionality on the scale 1-100 nm.
Here we describe our research on smart dust.
Proposed application to space explorationUpdated
Analogy with motion of blown sand
Shape changing smart dustUpdated
Algorithms for collective motion of smart dust
Abstract of paper at RAS 2007 National Astronomy Meeting
Workshop on Nanosensors: Self-Organization and Swarm Robotics Third International Conference on Nano-Networks (Nano-Net 2008) Radisson Hotel Boston (Boston, Massachusetts) September 14, 2008
includes our paper:
Self-Organizing smart dust sensors for planetary exploration
John R Barker and Fernando Rodriguez-Salazar