Nanobot

A nanobot, short for nanoscale robot, is a type of mechanical nanite, capable of picking up single atoms and placing them with atomic precision to build molecular components.

Some of the millions of essential uses that specialised nanobots are emplyed in include medical nanites, cellular rejuvenation, food replication, domestic tasks, and repairing cracks in vehicle and spaceship exteriors. Most nanobots are capable of locomotion, sensing and manipulation, and have their own power-source and on-board control logic.

Nanobot power sources

There are a number of ways nanobots could be powered, and are powered from civilization to civilization. Some possibilities include (but are not limited to)

• glucose burning (tiny alcohol engines, at an atomic scale, or ATP, or any other high-energy chemical)
• beamed energy (e.g. solar cells at basically a molecular level)
• flywheel delivery systems (little wheels spinning very fast, spun up or down via mag inductance, on mag bearings and in vacuum bubbles)

See also

• nanite
• Programmable nanomatter (PNM)