nanorobot
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- /ˈnænəˌroʊbɑt/
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nanorobot
- The research team is developing a nanorobot that can repair damaged tissues at the cellular level.
- medical nanorobots
- self-replicating nanorobots
- replicating nanorobots
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Instead of subjecting the entire body to a drug whose purpose is to eradicate a single bacteria while at the same time increasing the potential for several unwanted side effects, creating a nanorobot whose job is to seek and devour the unwanted pathogen without the use of drugs could be done.
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Medical nanorobots could be used to deliver targeted treatments directly to cancer cells.
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For example, one medical nanorobot might be used in the form of a white blood cell.
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Freitas (2009) explains the enormous potential for such nanorobots.
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When these different components are assembled together, they can form nanorobots with multi-degree-of-freedom, able to apply forces and manipulate objects in the nanoscale world.
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The nanorobot would then harmlessly eliminate the amino acids through an exhaust port (Freitas, 2009).
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Freitas (2009) also predicts that, with diligent effort, such a nanorobot could be in existence and operable by the 2020s.
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Nanorobots represent a nanoscale device where proteins such as DNA and carbon nanotubes could act as motors, mechanical joints, transmission elements, or sensors.
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The early hype stage of nanotechnology, which promised nanorobots in our bloodstream, is giving way to a more pragmatic approach to materials integration that moves us beyond.
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One such example is the "grey goo" scenario, in which self-replicating nanorobots rapidly consume all organic matter on Earth. See K. Eric Drexler, Engines of Creation.
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Synonyms
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Tiny machines like very small robots that work inside living cells or materials to change them
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A very small tool used in science to find, study, or change tiny parts of cells and molecules
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A very small machine that works with molecules to do tasks
How Small
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nanorobot starts with nano-, the same root as in nanometer and from a Greek word meaning 'dwarf' or 'very small', and ends with robot, from a Czech word meaning 'forced work' that became the name for a machine that does jobs. So a nanorobot is like a 'tiny worker', which explains why it means a microscopic machine that can do very precise tasks.