2. WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY ?
Interdisciplinary new technology (Engineering, Computer,
Physics, Chemistry and Biology).
To build NEMS(nanometer-sized electromechanical
structures):up-to-down and bottom-up strategies.
The key technology: the new device and theory to explore
the nano world.
Virtual reality / automated planning to assist
nanotechnology.
- judgments about manufacturing feasibility.
- assisting chemical and biological assembly analyses.
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3. INVESTMENT IN NANOTECHNOLOGY:
The governments and industries all around the
globe: investing for a fast development of
nanotechnology.
Efforts to bring new nanoproducts: IBM,
Motorola, Philips Electronics, Xerox/PARC,
Hewlett-Packard, Bell Laboratories, and Intel
Corp., etc.
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4. NANOTECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL DEFENSE:
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Basic Research
• Molecular
Biology
• Genetics
• Proteomics
• Systems Biology
•….
Translational
Research
• Cancer
• Heart
• Brain
•….
Nanotechnology
• Nanomanufacturing
• Nanoimaging
• Nanosensing
• Nanomanipulation
• Computational Tools
• ….
Biomedical Devices
• Tissue Regeneration
• Drug Delivery
• In-vitro Diagnostics
• Implantable Devices
• Smart Nanoparticles
• NanoRobotics
• ….
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5. CONCEPT OF NANOROBOT:
Nanorobots would constitute any “smart” structure
capable of actuation, sensing, signaling,
information processing, intelligence, manipulation
and swarm behavior at nano scale (10-9m).
Bio nanorobots – Nanorobots designed (and
inspired) by harnessing properties of biological
materials (peptides, DNAs), their designs and
functionalities. These are inspired not only by
nature but machines too.
Nanorobots could propose solutions at most of
the nanomedicine problems.
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6. HA a-helix
Bio Sensors
DNA Joints
A bio nano robot
Representative
Assembly
of bio components
A bio nano
computational cell
Bio nano swarms
A Bio nano information
processing component
Conceptual automatic
fabrication floor
Bio nano
components
Assembled bio
nanorobots
Research Progression
IncreasingCapacityofBio-NanoSystem
Distributive
intelligence
programming &
control
Automatic
fabrication and
information
processing
THE ROADMAP TOWARDS NANOROBOTICS:
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12. ADVANTAGES OF NANOROBOT:
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To convert house hold waste into fresh food, diamond rings or antique
works of art.
Robots in our blood streams fighting against AIDS HIV virus, genetic
disorders or even ageing.
We can create pollution free environment by having automatic clean
up systems of existing pollutants.
Human Surgery can be done with the help of nanorobots.
To detect and eradicate cancer cells & damages blood particles.
To be programmed for surgeries or remove obstructions in the
circulatory system.
Deliver medicines directly to the damaged cell/part of our body.
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14. FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR NANOROBOTICS:
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Assembly of a Fully Functional
Nanorobot.
Closed Loop Control and
Guidance at the Nano-Scale.
Wireless Communication at the
Nano- Scale – Data Transfer.
Power Generation at the
Nanoscale.
Accurate Modeling at the
Nanoscale.
Going Smaller and Smaller
(~100nm total).
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