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nanobot - 3 dictionary results
Main Entry:  nanobot
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a microscopic robot used in nanotechnology, a nano-robot; an extremely small autonomous self-propelled machine that may reproduce
Etymology:  1989

nanobot

/nan'oh-bot/ n. A robot of microscopic proportions, presumably built by means of nanotechnology. As yet, only used informally (and speculatively!). Also called a `nanoagent'.

nanobot robotics
/nan"oh-bot/ A robot of microscopic proportions, presumably built by means of nanotechnology. As yet, only used informally (and speculatively!). Also called a "nanoagent".
[The Jargon File]
(1999-07-19)

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