General
- Strickland, J. (2016). How nanorobots will work. Retrieved from http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/nanorobot.htm
Engineering teams around the world are working to design nanorobots that will eventually be used to treat everything from hemophilia to cancer.
Programmable Nanorobotics
Wyss Institute. (2013, June 26). Programmable nanorobotics [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcDCu9Mon_c
Nanorobots in the Body
MEDICATradeFair. (2015, March 20). Nanorobots in the body: The future of medicine [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dWkpfuSf44
Applications
- McDonald, G. (2015, June 24). Corkscrew nanobots drill though blocked arteries. Retrieved from http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/corkscrew-nanobots-drill-though-blocked-arteries-150624.htmAn ambitious multinational research project is working on drilling through blocked arteries with corkscrew-shaped nanobots.
- Ferreira, B. (2012). Nanobots on Mars. Popular Science, 281(2), 23-25.The article discusses research into nanobots, or microrobots, for the exploration of Mars and other planets.
- Amazing nanomedibots. (2011, August 25). Retrieved from http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/1454963/amazing-nanomedibots
Watch as a scientific animator shows how molecules within our bodies work and how the nano tools of the future can be controlled to do particular things like moving atoms around. - Eveleth, R. (2015, August 6). Why there aren't yet nanobot doctors. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/nanobot-treatment-doctors-cancer/400613/Scientists have long said that tiny robots would soon be able to conduct surgery and deliver drugs deep inside the body. Here’s why they’re still not a reality.
- Fang, J. (2015, March 18). DNA nanobots set to seek and destroy cancer cells In human trial. Retrieved from http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/dna-nanobots-will-seek-and-destroy-cancer-cellsThis year, researchers hope that tiny robots built entirely of DNA will help save a critically ill leukemia patient.
- Yirka, B. (2014, April 10). Researchers use DNA strands to create nanobot computer inside living animal. Retrieved from http://phys.org/news/2014-04-dna-strands-nanobot-animal.htmlA team of researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel has successfully demonstrated an ability to use strands of DNA to create a nanobot computer inside of a living creature—a cockroach.
Nanobot Success
IGN. (2015, February 1). Nanobots successfully used on living animal for the first time - IGN News [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxJPceCV51g