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

Tiny robots smaller than cells can swim, sense surroundings, and decode temperature through miniature dance-like movements ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 – ...