Editing Utility fog (section)

{{Short description|Concept of a swarm of tiny robots}}
[[File:Foglet stimulacra.jpg|thumb|Visualization of foglet with arms retracted and extended]]
[[File:Foglet.jpg|thumb|Diagram of a 100-micrometer foglet]]
'''Utility fog''' (also referred to as '''foglets''') is a hypothetical collection of tiny [[nanobots]] that can replicate a physical structure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/utility-fog-the-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-of |title=Utility Fog: The Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of |first=J. Storrs |last=Hall |date=July 5, 2001 |work=KurzweilAI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/what-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up-is-a-cloud |title=What I want to be when I grow up, is a cloud |first=J. Storrs |last=Hall |date=July 6, 2001 |work=KurzweilAI}}</ref><ref>[http://pivot.net/~jpierce/aspects_of_ufog.htm On Certain Aspects of Utility Fog] by Dr. J. Storrs Hall</ref><ref name="lego">[http://www.islandone.org/MMSG/9609lego.htm LEGOs (TM) to the Stars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215619/http://www.islandone.org/MMSG/9609lego.htm |date=2007-09-27 }} The Assembler, Volume 4, Number 3 Third Quarter, 1996, Tihamer Toth-Fejel</ref> As such, it is a form of [[self-reconfiguring modular robot]]ics.