For nearly half a century, the dream of microscopic robotics has felt tantalizingly close, yet perpetually out of reach. We ...

Building robots that operate independently at sizes below one millimeter is incredibly difficult,” says roboticist Marc ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Despite their size, the robots can navigate liquids, respond to their environment and operate without external control.

Scientists have created robots smaller than a grain of salt that can sense their surroundings, make decisions, and move ...

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have created the world's smallest programmable robots. These tiny machines are so small that they are nearly invisible to ...

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 – ...

Image courtesy by QUE.com In the ever-evolving world of technology, innovation is the name of the game. Recent advances have ...

Smaller than a grain of salt, the light-powered bots can think, sense and act on their own, opening up new possibilities in manufacturing and medicine Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created what they describe as“the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots”: microscopic swimming machines ...