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 ## Contact
 
-This project was started by [Xubin Ren](https://github.com/re-bin) as a personal open-source project and continues to be maintained in an individual capacity using personal resources, with contributions from the open-source community. Feel free to contact [xubinrencs@gmail.com](mailto:xubinrencs@gmail.com) for questions, ideas, or collaboration.
+Nanobot was started by [Xubin Ren](https://github.com/re-bin) as a personal open-source project and is now maintained collaboratively with contributors from the open-source community. Feel free to contact [xubinrencs@gmail.com](mailto:xubinrencs@gmail.com) for questions, ideas, or collaboration.
 
 ### Contributors