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 ...

Scientists have created the world's smallest programmable robots. These microscopic machines swim in liquids and can sense ...

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

The newest generation of microrobots is so small that a single unit can perch on the ridge of a fingerprint and practically ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

Cell-sized robots can sense temperature, make decisions, and move autonomously using nanowatts of power—no external control ...

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as the world’s smallest fully programmable robot. Measuring just fractions of a ...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have unveiled the world’s smallest fully programmable autonomous robots. Measuring just 0.2 × 0.3 × 0.05 mm, these ...

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 – ...