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Artist's representation of nanorobots. Two images, one above the other.

Credit: Adriano Cavalcanti, CAN Center for Automation in Nanobiotech
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And researchers are now exploring tiny cellular scale mechanisms some of which use tiny propellers or flagella to move about in the bloodstream.

For more information:

Svidinenko. (2004). New nanorobotic ideas from Adriano Cavalcanti. Retrieved October 24, 2006 from http://www.nanonewsnet.com/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=4&pid=9

Avron, J. E., Gat, O. & Kenneth, O. (2004). Swimming microbots: Dissipation, optimal stroke and scaling. Retrieved October 24, 2006 from http://physics.technion.ac.il/~avron/files/pdf/optimal-swim-12.pdf

Genome News Network (2004 article)