Exponential Assembly Top Down Nano

NanotechNews.com writes: "The article describes a new milestone in the Top Down nanotechnology process: "Exponential assembly is a manufacturing architecture starting with a single tiny robotic arm on a surface. This first robotic arm makes a second robotic arm on a facing surface by picking up miniature parts ? carefully laid out in advance in exactly the right locations so the tiny robotic arm can find them ? and assembling them. This is an exponential growth rate, hence the name exponential assembly." Standard MEMS, the largest independent high-volume manufacturer of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems and Zyvex created a partnership, the second article available here. This partnership could lead to a better assembling technology in MEMS and the Top-Down Nanotechnology and Nanolithography."