nanobot

[ nan-uh-bot ]

noun

1. a machine or robot built on the nanoscale, still in the research-and-development stage, with potential applications in medicine and industry.
2. a machine or robot that can manipulate nanoscale objects with great precision.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nanobot¹

First recorded in 1990–95; nano- + (ro)bot

Example Sentences

Powered by brain-based computing, these materials can weave the skins of soft robots or form microswarms of drug-delivering nanobots, all while reserving power as they learn and adapt.

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Powered by the molecular motion inherent in the brain, the nanobots would spread out to form a web of microscopic electrodes.

From Science News

Yet those nanobots that snuck into Sarah’s brain from her blood do have roots in current research.

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That search for herself is what drove Sarah back to the clinic, five years after she welcomed the nanobots in.

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Once those warning signs were clear, Sarah’s web of nanobots could end budding episodes before they could take her down.

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