Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers at MIT have created a tiny, cucumber-inspired soft robot ...

Treating vascular diseases such as thrombosis, atherosclerosis and aneurysms often requires navigating long, narrow and ...

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

A research team at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has developed miniature, grain-sized robots capable of carrying multiple drugs and delivering them directly to targeted areas ...

Gastrointestinal cancers rank among the deadliest in the world, yet they often grow in places doctors struggle to reach. If you have ever heard someone describe an endoscopy as painful or ...

In recent years, magnetic robots have attracted growing research interest due to their advantages such as rapid response, tether-free operation, and ...

A new study in Engineering introduces a novel MRI technique enabling real-time, artifact-free navigation of magnetic robots.

Researchers in China conducted a comprehensive overview of the fabrication of magnetic robotic materials, structural design, ...

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 ...

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 – ...