"Nanorobotics or nanobotics is an emerging technology field creating machines or robots whose components are at or near the scale of a nanometer."
It involves the design and construction of devices and robots that can perform tasks at the nanoscale.
"Nanorobotics refers to the nanotechnology engineering discipline of designing and building nanorobots with devices ranging in size from 0.1 to 10 micrometres."
"The terms nanobot, nanoid, nanite, nanomachine, and nanomite have also been used to describe such devices currently under research and development."
"Nanomachines are largely in the research and development phase, but some primitive molecular machines and nanomotors have been tested."
"The first useful applications of nanomachines may be in nanomedicine. For example, biological machines could be used to identify and destroy cancer cells. Another potential application is the detection of toxic chemicals, and the measurement of their concentrations, in the environment."
"Rice University has demonstrated a single-molecule car developed by a chemical process and including Buckminsterfullerenes (buckyballs) for wheels."
"It is actuated by controlling the environmental temperature and by positioning a scanning tunneling microscope tip."
"Another definition is a robot that allows precise interactions with nanoscale objects, or can manipulate with nanoscale resolution."
"Such devices are more related to microscopy or scanning probe microscopy, instead of the description of nanorobots as molecular machines."
"Using the microscopy definition, even a large apparatus such as an atomic force microscope can be considered a nanorobotic instrument when configured to perform nanomanipulation."
"Nanorobots are related to the field of microscopy or scanning probe microscopy."
"Macroscale robots or microrobots that can move with nanoscale precision can also be considered nanorobots."
"Nanometer (10−9 meters)"
"Nanorobots have devices ranging in size from 0.1 to 10 micrometers."
"Biological machines could be used to identify and destroy cancer cells."
"The measurement and detection of toxic chemicals and their concentrations."
"An example is a sensor having a switch approximately 1.5 nanometers across."
"Another potential application is the detection of toxic chemicals, and the measurement of their concentrations, in the environment."
"They allow precise interactions with nanoscale objects."
"Nanorobots have devices ranging in size from 0.1 to 10 micrometers."