Nanomedicine Art Gallery
Historical and General
Medical Nanorobot Images

by Robert A. Freitas Jr.

In the 1980s and 1990s, a handful of authors began speculating about the physical forms that future medical nanorobots might take. A few created artist's conceptions of their devices. During this time, only the broadest analyses of the missions and capabilities that might be desired had been attempted. Detailed technical and engineering studies, in many cases, still lay years in the future. Despite this handicap, some of these designs have many plausible elements, along with other elements which, in hindsight, may appear fanciful, impractical, or even dangerous. These speculations continue through the present.

Images are provided from both the mechanical and biological traditions of medical nanotechnology, although there is a primary emphasis on the former. References to original print or electronic sources are given whenever possible.

Image #101 T4 Bacteriophage	Image #102 Cell Repair Machines I	Image #103 Cell Repair Machines II	Image #104 Nanosubmarine
Image #105 Cell Repair Machines III	Image #106 Cell Repair Machines IV	Image #107 The Chrysalis	Image #108 DNA Repair Machines
Image #109 Immune Machines	Image #110 Nanotech. Playhouse I	Image #111 Nanotech. Playhouse II	Image #112 Nanotech. Playhouse III
Image #113 Nanotech. Playhouse IV	Image #114 Nanotech. Playhouse V	Image #115 Cell Repair Machines V	Image #116 Cell Repair Machines VI
Image #117 Cell Repair Machines VII	Image #118 Cell Repair Machines VIII	Image #119 Molecular Machines	Image #120 Artery Cleaner
Image #121 Anatomy of a Nanoprobe	Image #142 Nanomedicine Theme	Image #146 Micro-Medics 2	Image #147 Bloodstream Micro-Medics
Image #148 Virtual Nanomedicine	Image #149 Bloodstream Hexabot	Image #150 Toward the Breach	Image #151 Conceptual Nanobots
Image #152 Lung Cleaners	Image #156 Tiny Tech	Image #166 Stinger I	Image #167 Stinger II
Image #168 Peepers I	Image #169 Peepers II	Image #170 Drillers I	Image #217 Artery Cleaner V