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

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 – ...

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

The swimming microbots can autonomously sense and navigate their surroundings, using temperature detection to monitor cell ...

Learn more about these tiny robots that can alter their surroundings and monitor our health.

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

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

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

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