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A nanorobot is a lot different from what you might think of as a macroscale robot. Most of these systems have perhaps two or three functional states, like an en
by sadfaceunread 12y ago
A nanorobot is a lot different from what you might think of as a macroscale robot. Most of these systems have perhaps two or three functional states, like an enzyme that can switch more than one active configuration. These are still much much less complicated than even the simplest of viruses.
- stcredzero 12y agoPrecisely this formulation of "nanorobot" is mentioned in one of the Venus Prime books. Basically, they're very complex enzymes that can be regulated by chemicals and each other, mediated by the protagonist solving systems of differential equations with a supercomputer she screws on the end of the kitchen faucet. (So it can dissipate heat by producing gobs of steam.)