Bacteria-scale robots that can run for months without human control are no longer a lab fantasy. Researchers have now built ...

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 ...

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

A multi-material microrobot enables the performance of precise movements, including grasping, delivering and releasing ...

Tiny particles are opening big doors for medicine, materials science, and even environmental cleanup. Across the world, scientists are racing to understand how these microscopic swimmers behave, ...

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

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as the world’s smallest fully programmable robot. Measuring just fractions of a ...

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 – ...

Scientists have created the world's smallest programmable robots. These microscopic machines swim in liquids and can sense temperature changes. They operate for months using only light for power. This ...

Dynamic microscopic robots have been developed to respond to their surroundings, potentially offering a vessel for delivering medicine or cleaning up pollution. Researchers at the University of North ...

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 – ...