University of Sharjah

Engineering College
Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Intro. To EECE

NANOROBOTS
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At the latest period of the 20 century, the technology had jump to a very
high level better then what it was before. They try to invent a very small
tiny machines constructed at the molecular level may be used to treat the
human body from the diseases called “nanorobot”.
What is the nanorobot??

Nanorobot are nanoprocedure that could be used for

conservatism and protecting the human body contra
pathogens. They are close to a nanometer scale (10-9 meter).
They have a diameter close to 0.5 to 3 micrometer and
dimensional in scope of 1 to 100 nanometers. The prime
component that used to build it is the carbon appearance of
diamond because of the vigor of it forms. They are some of
the light component like the oxygen and nitrogen can be
used to keep away from the attraction by the host’s immune system. And the best
type of the exterior coating is the passive diamond coating. If the covering was
smooth and have the more flawless, it will have fewer attractions from the body’s
immune system. Although there are a lot of investigate and such strategy have been
considered but no working model has been built yet.
How it works??

The power of the nanorobot can be creating by metabolising limited glucose and
oxygen for energy. Clinically another choice would be
outwardly abounding audio energy. Other sources of energy
inside the body can also be used to thrive the important energy
for the devices. They will have uncomplicated mixed up
computers talented of performing around 1000 or less addition
per second. This is because their computing supplies are
simple. Announcement with the machine can be achieved by
broadcast-type audio signaling.

A navigational connection may be set up in the body, with posting keeping

navigational component only if high positional correctness to all passing nanorobot
that interrogate them, wanting to know their location. This will enable the medical
doctor to follow a variety of strategy in the body. These nanorobots will be able to
make a division between unlike cell types by checking their surface antigens. This
is skilled by the use of chemotactic sensors keyed to accurate antigens on the aim
cells.
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When the duty of the nanorobot is finished they can be retrieved by allowing them
to effuse themselves during the usual human dialyzed channels. They can also be
removed by energetic scavenger system.
Closest one…

So far, the closest thing to a simply mechanical nanorobot that has

ever been created was the work of the U.C.Berkeley affiliate Kris
Pister. He invented the solar power robot the deliberate by 8.5
millimeter and can walk slowly on two legs similar to human do. It is
true that Pister consisting of his robot primarily of small silicon
pieces called transducers which are talented of taking the energy generated by the
robot’s solar cell and revolving it into mechanical power. Although it tiny size, but
it does represent a valuable step in the scaling-down process of traditional
electromechanical robots.
Sphere of application

It may be used to treat the skin from several diseases. The nanorobot will remove
the dead cells, extra oil and offset the natural moisturizing compound and achieve
the elusive goal of deep cleaning by reaching down into pores and cleaning them
out.

Furthermore it may possibly be used in mouthwash which might

identify and wipe out pathogenic microbes while allowing the
undamaging flora of the mouth to increase in a healthy
ecosystem. The procedure would recognize particles of food,
plaque, or tartar and absent them from the teeth to hygienic
away. Being balanced in liquid and able to swim about, devices
would be talented to attain surface further than reach of toothbrush bristles or the
fiber of floss. As short life time therapeutic nanodevices, they could be built to last
only few minutes in the body before declining separately into equipment of the sort
institute in foods.

Therapeutic nanoprocedure might calculation the immune system by ruling and

disabling not required microbes and viruses. When an raider is branded, it can be
punctured leasing its stuffing spill out and ending its effectiveness. If the substance
were identified to be dangerous by them, then the immune device could clasp on to
it along enough to dismantle it supplementary completely.

Procedure running in the bloodstream might be bite away at arteriosclerotic

deposits, widening the artificial blood vessels. Cell herding procedure may possibly
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re-establish vein ramparts and artery linings to healthiness by insuring with the aim
of the accurate cells and sustaining structures are in the accurate places. This would
put off most heart attacks.

New therapy by nanorobot evolved

The nanorobots will aim diseases cells and wipe out them by
heat, departure healthy cells unhurt. The treatment might
indicate the closing stages of operation as well as powerful
chemotherapy drugs that be able to illness and hair loss. It
will get wish to a lot of people undergoing usual treatment.
Scientist tell the told Evening Standard that trials of system
will start in on contained through 2 years. Most important the nanotechnology
professional Professor Quentin Pankhurst is pioneer the investigate at the Royal
Institution’s new about Dh26 million laboratories sour Piccadilly. He said that it
will be used to care for a lot of diverse types of cancer. “We are confident we are
really cracking this. We are currently working with mice and we have already built
the powerful light that actually heats up the magnetic particles which destroy
diseased cells” he said.

“If we can get these particles to migrate to cancer cells, we can apply the light
therapy and kill only the cancer cells, leaving the healthy cells unharmed. This
would be a big improvement on the aggressive chemotherapies and radiotherapies
we currently have to deal with”.

Quite a lot of groups of scientist around the world are compete to be the first to
ideal the technique. However the London prospectors are the no more than ones to
have design the fundamental procedure that activates the magnetic particles and
anticipated to be the first to transport the procedure to trails.

A gruop of 15 eternal scientists and about 35 visiting prospectors will be based at

the laboratory and will occupation on cycle of cancer treatments.
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References:

Wikipedia. NANOROBOTICS. December, 7, 2009. From:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorobotics

Dr. Fahy.G. .ieee . December, 5, 2009. NANOROBOTS: MEDICINE OF THE

FUTURE. from:
http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/bombay/news3/page4.html

Nanogloss. Posts Tagged nanorobot. July, 7, 2009. From:

http://nanogloss.com/tag/nanorobot/

Prigg.M. gulfnews. New cure using 'nano robots' evolved. April, 27, 2008 . From:
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/uk/new-cure-using-nano-robots-evolved-1.99686