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 ...

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

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

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

Microscale swimming bots developed by U-M and Penn 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 programmable autonomous robots. | One of India's leading Digital News Agency ...

Learn more about these tiny robots that can alter their surroundings and monitor our health. When you think of a robot, your go-to is probably WALL-E, C-3PO, or R2-D2. These hunks of bolts and metal ...

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 ...

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 – ...

Smaller than a grain of salt, the light-powered bots can think, sense and act on their own, opening up new possibilities in manufacturing and medicine Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created what they describe as“the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots”: microscopic swimming machines ...