Nanorobotics [electronic resource] : Current Approaches and Techniques / edited by Constantinos Mavroidis, Antoine Ferreira.

Section I: NanoRobotics: The Vision and Applications -- Introduction to NanoRobotics -- Nanomechanical Cantilever-Based Manipulation for Sensing and Imaging -- Swarms of Self-Organized Nanorobots -- Reservoir Nanoagents for In-Situ Sensing and Intervention -- Miniaturization and Micro/ Nanotechnology in Space Robotics -- Diamondoid Nanorobotics -- Section II: Nano-Manipulation and Industrial NanoRobotics -- Virtual Tooling for Nano Assembly and Nano Manipulations -- Nanorobotic Mass Transport -- Nanorobotic Manipulation of 1D Nanomaterials in Scanning Electron Microscopes -- Section III: Nano-Manipulation in Biomedical Applications -- Nanorobotic Manipulation and Sensing for Biomedical Applications -- Nanohandling of Bio-Materials -- Apply Robot-Tweezer Manipulation to Cell Stretching for Biomechanical Characterization -- Section IV: Inside the Body Nanorobotic Applications -- Propulsion and Navigation Control of MRI-Guided Drug Delivery Nanorobots -- Generating Magnetic Fields for Controlling Nanorobots in Medical Applications -- MRI-based Nanorobotics -- Therapeutic Bacterial Nanorobots for Targeted Drug Delivery Deep Inside Tumors -- Sensing Strategies for Early Diagnosis of Cancer by Swarm of Nanobots: An Evidential Paradigm -- Section V: Bio-Nano Actruators for Nano-Robotics -- DNA Nanorobotics -- DNA for Self-Assembly -- Local Environmental Control Technique for Bacterial Flagellar Motor -- Protein Based Nanoscale Actuation.

Nanorobot devices now perform a wide variety of tasks at the nanoscale in a wide variety of fields including but not limited to fields such as manufacturing, medicine, supply chain, biology, and outer space. Nanorobotics: Current Approaches and Techniques is a comprehensive overview of this interdisciplinary field with a wide ranging discussion that includes nano-manipulation and industrial nanorobotics, nanorobotics in biology and medicine, nanorobotic sensing, navigation and swarm behavior, and protein and DNA-based nanorobotics. Also included is the latest on topics such as bio-nano-actuators and propulsion and navigation of nanorobotic systems using magnetic fields. Nanorobotics: Current Approaches and Techniques is an ideal book for scientists, researchers, and engineers actively involved in applied and robotic research and development.