Could a robot smaller than a grain of salt support its own brain, move through fluid environments, and operate for months without outside commands? This is a problem that scientists from the ...

Powered by light and guided by ultra-low-energy computing, the robots show what autonomy looks like at the microscale.

A microrobot can operate independently in liquids for months. The development effort was high, but the costs for the robot ...

Together, the machines represent a long-awaited breakthrough in microscale robotics, a field that has struggled for decades to combine independent motion, sensing, and computing at extremely small ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable ...

Microscale swimming bots take in sensory information, process it and carry out tasks, opening new possibilities in ...

Machine touted as first tiny robot to be able to sense, think and act, envisioning a future of use inside human body.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots, almost invisible to the naked eye.

The tiny, microscopic robot packs an onboard computer, solar cells, and propulsion system, and is capable of sensing its ...

The 1,500 g automation arm by Oleksandr Stepanenko keeps moves under a micron, boosting photonics throughput while fitting on ...

The world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain developed at the University of Michigan.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable ...