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

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently ...

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 ...

Learn more about these tiny robots that can alter their surroundings and monitor our health.

The world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain ...

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 – ...

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

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 – ...

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

Each robot costs only a single penny to manufacture. The robots could help advance everything from nanotechnology ...

The world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain developed at the University of Michigan.

Powered by light and guided by ultra-low-energy computing, the robots show what autonomy looks like at the microscale.