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 ...

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

Scientists create robot the size of a grain of salt that can dance and think - Researchers say the record-breaking robot ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have built the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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

A breakthrough in medical technology could soon change how sinus infections are treated. Scientists have created micro-robots for sinus infection treatment that can enter the nasal cavity, eliminate ...

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 – ...