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Robert A. Freitas Jr., Nanomedicine, Volume I: Basic Capabilities, Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, 1999

4.3.4 Angular Displacement

There are circumstances in which it is necessary for a medical nanodevice to measure, establish or maintain a preferred orientation, as for example nanorobots with a clearly defined "top" and "bottom" or nanodevices performing lengthy intracellular operations requiring precision stationkeeping. Measurement of rotation rates may also be required.

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