The robot is hard to see without a microscope. It’s small enough to rest on the ridge of a fingerprint and can operate in ...

Engineers have found a way to shepherd microrobots with no wires, no radios, and no onboard computers. Instead, they steer them with light patterns designed using the same math physicists use to ...

The newest generation of microrobots is so small that a single unit can perch on the ridge of a fingerprint and practically ...

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 – ...

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

Scientists have unveiled the world’s smallest autonomous robots, marking a groundbreaking leap in microrobotics.

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

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

These devices represent a pivot in robotics, operating at the scale of many microorganisms yet equipped with the computing ...

Researchers have created the world's smallest autonomous robots smaller than a grain of salt. These programmable ...

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

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 – ...