Learn about the materials and technologies powering untethered micro devices in healthcare, and discover the clinical applications in oncology and vascular disease.

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Micro-robotic manipulators with the ability to move in increments far smaller than the width of a human hair might be enlisted for a range of applications in research, ...

Researchers at Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, alongside collaborators from the University of Michigan, have ...

Each robot costs less than a penny to produce and can make decisions based on its environment.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Micro-robots could be used to treat infections in the sinuses, as well as the bladder, intestines, and other hard-to-reach areas ...

Bacteria-scale robots that can run for months without human control are no longer a lab fantasy. Researchers have now built fully programmable micro-machines, smaller than a grain of salt, that can ...

It's when research becomes ongoing rather than episodic that innovation shifts from isolated breakthroughs to durable, ...

BEIJING, 22 April (BelTA - Xinhua) - Enabling robots to walk, run, jump, fly, climb and "lock" into arbitrary shapes in real-time is crucial for expanding their application scenarios. A research team ...

Origami-Inspired Microrobot for Precision Surgical Manipulation. 1 Photo of the compliant micro-robot. 2 Exploded view of the delta micro-robot. 3 Cell-level intraoperative sensing. 4 Laser surgery ...