What Is A Nanobot?

Nanobots are extremely tiny robots that operate at a microscopic scale. Although they have been created in a biological context, no actual mechanical nanobots have yet been created, but they remain an area of active research and hold a great deal of promise for a number of fields.

It is said that nanobots could "crack the secret to immortality by 2029." But what exactly could they do for the medical industry? Keep reading to learn all about the benefits of nanobots and nanotechnology.

What Exactly Do Nanobots Do?

The theoretical uses of nanobots are virtually endless, as their size would allow them to essentially rebuild matter. Properly programmed nanobots would be able to take raw materials and build them into anything, from proteins to foods to tiny microprocessors. If set up to do so, they could in theory even build more nanobots, through the process of auto-replication, so that a small group of nanobots could quickly develop into a massive swarm capable of large-scale projects.