Biobots
Biobot 2
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Bioengineered organisms, e.g. bacteria, neogens, etc, modified to act out specific orders. Biobots of some form or another have been used since the middle information period for nanotech (bionano), production, monitoring, medicine and much more.
 
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Organic/BiotechRobotics
 
Development Notes
Text by M. Alan Kazlev

Initially published on 08 October 2001.