Oil reservoirs often comprise rock formations with oil trapped in tiny pores. Saudi Aramco wants to use Nanorobots to penetrate these pores and gather information including pressure, temperature, and fluid type. Information gathered from the on-board memory of these Nanobots would map the reservoir. What other uses can you think of for Nanobots?
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