nanobot
noun
nano·bot
ˈna-nō-ˌbät 
plural nanobots
: a microscopically small robot : a robot built on the scale of nanometers
Many newspaper articles about nanotechnology seem obsessed with the idea of nanobots, itty bitty robots that dash about doing useful tasks and maybe (just maybe) getting out of control and destroying the world …—
Pat Murphy
Pat MurphyAnother technology that will greatly enhance the realism of virtual reality is nanobots: miniature robots the size of blood cells that travel through the capillaries of our brains and communicate with biological neurons.—Ray Kurzweil
Ray KurzweilIn one section of the book, [Eric] Drexler speculates about what could happen if we created self-reproducing "nanobots."—Keith Veronese
Keith VeroneseExamples of nanobot in a Sentence
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The technology is nearly here for all kinds of machines, from unmanned aerial vehicles to nanobots to humanoid Terminator-style robots.
—Denise Garcia, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2014
Stories often touch on topics like space travel, benevolent robots, disease-curing nanobots, and deep-sea exploration.
—Andrada Fiscutean, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2023
Bill Joy, co-founder and former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, has warned that of out-of-control nanobots could consume everything on earth.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2010
Will early research into nanoscale materials ultimately allow terrorists to unleash killer nanobots in urban centers?
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
No Time to Die sees the retired British superspy pulled back into the game by old ally Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) to hunt down the scientist behind a deadly new nanobot weapon.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023
But in the 21st century, the existential threats may well come from innovators working in Midgley’s mode, creating new dangers through the seemingly innocuous act of addressing consumer needs, only this time using CRISPR, or nanobots, or some new breakthrough no one has thought of yet.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
There’s a nanobot in my soup.
—Wired, 8 July 2022
There’s nothing natural about the atom bomb, or a self replicating nanobot that will eat the Earth.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2022
Denise Garcia, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2014
Stories often touch on topics like space travel, benevolent robots, disease-curing nanobots, and deep-sea exploration.
—Andrada Fiscutean, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2023
Bill Joy, co-founder and former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, has warned that of out-of-control nanobots could consume everything on earth.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2010
Will early research into nanoscale materials ultimately allow terrorists to unleash killer nanobots in urban centers?
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
No Time to Die sees the retired British superspy pulled back into the game by old ally Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) to hunt down the scientist behind a deadly new nanobot weapon.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023
But in the 21st century, the existential threats may well come from innovators working in Midgley’s mode, creating new dangers through the seemingly innocuous act of addressing consumer needs, only this time using CRISPR, or nanobots, or some new breakthrough no one has thought of yet.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
There’s a nanobot in my soup.
—Wired, 8 July 2022
There’s nothing natural about the atom bomb, or a self replicating nanobot that will eat the Earth.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2022
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“Nanobot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanobot. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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