Editing Microbotics (section)

==Definitions==
While the "micro" prefix has been used subjectively to mean "small", standardizing on length scales avoids confusion. Thus a [[Nanorobotics|nanorobot]] would have characteristic dimensions at or below 1 micrometer, or manipulate components on the 1 to 1000&nbsp;nm size range.{{Citation needed|reason=Need To Source Scientific Metrix|date=April 2020}}  A microrobot would have characteristic dimensions less than 1 millimeter, a [[millirobot (cm)|millirobot]] would have dimensions less than a cm, a [[mini-robot]] would have dimensions less than {{convert|10|cm|0|abbr=on}}, and a small robot would have dimensions less than {{convert|100|cm|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microrobotics: Tiny Robots and Their Many Uses {{!}} Built In |url=https://builtin.com/robotics/microrobotics |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=builtin.com |language=en}}</ref>

Many sources also describe robots larger than 1 millimeter as microbots or robots larger than 1 micrometer as nanobots. {{Crossreference|See also: [[:Category:Micro robots]]}}