Big Changes in Small Science Explained Nanorobotics is the technology of creating machines or robots at or close to the scale of a nanometer - 1 billionth of a meter. More specifically, nanorobotics ...

Currently, there is no existing technology for nanoscale robots as depicted in science fiction works such as Michael Crichton's Prey. However, in medical nanotechnology, the term nanobot or nanorobot ...

This was driven by the increased use of nanotech in areas like surgical nano-robots, nano-diagnostics, and targeted drug delivery, as well as rising chronic disease prevalence and surgical procedures.