Abstract
Artificial intelligence and robotics are two of the hottest and most recent technologies to emerge from the world of science. There is tremendous potential for these technologies to solve a wide range of pharmaceutical problems, including the reduction of the enormous amounts of money and time invested in the drug discovery and development process, technical solutions related to the quality of drug products, and an increase in the demand for pharmaceuticals. Nanorobotics is a new subfield that has emerged from the field of robotics itself. This technique makes use of robots that are as small as nano- or micron-sized to diagnose diseases and deliver drugs to the targeted organ, tissue, or cell. These techniques, as well as their various applications in the pharmacy sector, are extensively discussed throughout this article. Internationally renowned pharmaceutical companies are collaborating with Artificial Intelligence behemoths in order to revolutionise the discovery and development process of potential drug molecules and to ensure the highest possible quality in their products.
Keywords: Robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, artificial neural networking, automation.
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