A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who ...

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

In the ever-evolving world of technology, innovation is the name of the game. Recent advances have led to the development ...

Scientists have created the world's smallest programmable robots. These microscopic machines swim in liquids and can sense ...

In a joint advance from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, engineers have designed the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever built – ...

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Michigan have created the world's smallest autonomous and programmable robots. Each measuring about 200 micrometers wide – ...

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as ...

Scientists have developed microrobots that self-navigate and can transform medicine, sensing, and microscale engineering.

Researchers develop salt-sized autonomous robots that can swim, sense temperature, and think independently, opening new ...

Building a robot that could pick up delicate objects like eggs or blueberries without crushing them took lots of control algorithms that process feeds from advanced vision systems or sensors that ...

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