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

A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who ...

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 – ...

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

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 – ...

A team of researchers at Cornell University has developed the world’s smallest walking robot. Designed to interact with visible light, the robot moves independently despite its tiny size. The team ...

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 ...

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

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

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 have unveiled the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots, sporting a “brain”. The microscopic swimming machines can sense their surroundings, make decisions, and operate ...

Fixing underground water pipes usually means digging up roads and sidewalks — a process that's disruptive and expensive. However, researchers at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. are working on ...