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 ...

Image courtesy by QUE.com In the ever-evolving world of technology, innovation is the name of the game. Recent advances have ...

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

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 ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

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

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have built the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever ...

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 microrobot can operate independently in liquids for months. The development effort was high, but the costs for the robot are very low.

Microscale swimming bots developed by U-M and Penn take in sensory information, process it and carry out tasks, opening new possibilities in ...

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