Molecular nanotechnologyMolecular nanotechnology (MNT) is a technology based on the ability to build structures to complex, atomic specifications by means of mechanosynthesis. This is distinct from nanoscale materials. Based on Richard Feynman's vision of miniature factories using nanomachines to build complex products (including additional nanomachines), this advanced form of nanotechnology (or molecular manufacturing) would make use of positionally-controlled mechanosynthesis guided by molecular machine systems.
NanorobotiqueLa nanorobotique est un domaine technologique émergent qui crée des machines ou des robots dont les composants sont à l'échelle du nanomètre (10-9 mètres) ou à une échelle proche. Plus précisément, la nanorobotique (par opposition à la microrobotique) désigne la discipline d'ingénierie des nanotechnologies qui consiste à concevoir et à construire des nanorobots, avec des dispositifs dont la taille varie de 0 à 5. Les termes nanorobot, nanoide, nanite, nanomachine ou nanomite ont également été utilisés pour décrire de tels dispositifs actuellement en cours de recherche et développement.
Robot d'aide à la personneUn robot d'aide à la personne est un robot spécifique qui se distingue notamment des robots industriels. Ces derniers sont utilisés en entreprise alors que les robots d'aide à la personne sont utilisés par des particuliers. Robot aspirateur Les robots aspirateurs sont principalement efficaces sur les moquettes. Les robots lave sol sont plus dédiés aux parquets et carrelages. Le scooba en est un exemple en anglais ::en:Floor scrubber en français :Robot laveur Ce sont des robots à chenilles qui adhèrent à la vitre .
Self-replicating spacecraftThe concept of self-replicating spacecraft, as envisioned by mathematician John von Neumann, has been described by futurists including physicist Michio Kaku and discussed across a wide breadth of hard science fiction novels and stories. Self-replicating probes are sometimes referred to as von Neumann probes. Self-replicating spacecraft would in some ways either mimic or echo the features of living organisms or viruses.
Robot-assisted surgeryRobot-assisted surgery or robotic surgery are any types of surgical procedures that are performed using robotic systems. Robotically assisted surgery was developed to try to overcome the limitations of pre-existing minimally-invasive surgical procedures and to enhance the capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery. In the case of robotically assisted minimally-invasive surgery, instead of the surgeon directly moving the instruments, the surgeon uses one of two methods to perform dissection, hemostasis and resection, using a direct telemanipulator, or through computer control.
Programmable matterProgrammable matter is matter which has the ability to change its physical properties (shape, density, moduli, conductivity, optical properties, etc.) in a programmable fashion, based upon user input or autonomous sensing. Programmable matter is thus linked to the concept of a material which inherently has the ability to perform information processing. Programmable matter is a term originally coined in 1991 by Toffoli and Margolus to refer to an ensemble of fine-grained computing elements arranged in space.
