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

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

A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who built it. To the team's best knowledge, this joint invention is the world's ...

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

The brain of the robot is a tiny electronic computer that features a processor, memory and sensors, making it the first ...

There's a new STEM option in town. The Robot Inventor kit can be turned into five robots, which can play basketball, walk, and shoot darts at intruders. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Researchers built autonomous robots the size of salt grains—with onboard computers, sensors, and motors that think and swim ...