nanobot

[ nan-uh-bot ]

/ ˈnæn əˌbɒt /

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a machine or robot built on the nanoscale, still in the research-and-development stage, with potential applications in medicine and industry.

a machine or robot that can manipulate nanoscale objects with great precision.

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Also called nan·o·ro·bot

[nan-uh-roh-buht, -bot], /ˈnæn əˌroʊ bət, -bɒt/, nanite, nanomachine .

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

Yet those nanobots that snuck into Sarah’s brain from her blood do have roots in current research.
Three visions of the future, inspired by neuroscience’s past and present|Laura Sanders|March 3, 2021|Science News
That search for herself is what drove Sarah back to the clinic, five years after she welcomed the nanobots in.
Three visions of the future, inspired by neuroscience’s past and present|Laura Sanders|March 3, 2021|Science News
Once those warning signs were clear, Sarah’s web of nanobots could end budding episodes before they could take her down.
Three visions of the future, inspired by neuroscience’s past and present|Laura Sanders|March 3, 2021|Science News
Powered by the molecular motion inherent in the brain, the nanobots would spread out to form a web of microscopic electrodes.
Three visions of the future, inspired by neuroscience’s past and present|Laura Sanders|March 3, 2021|Science News

The millions of nanobots in her brain had given her life back to her, by helping her mind to work again.
Three visions of the future, inspired by neuroscience’s past and present|Laura Sanders|March 3, 2021|Science News