For nearly half a century, the dream of microscopic robotics has felt tantalizingly close, yet perpetually out of reach. We ...

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

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 liquid for months. Inside this speck is a functioning computer, a sensor, and ...

Scientists have created robots smaller than a grain of salt that can sense their surroundings, make decisions, and move ...

They run on light and are the world’s smallest, fully programmable, autonomous devices ...

Despite their size, the robots can navigate liquids, respond to their environment and operate without external control.

A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan has reportedly developed what they suggest is the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots.

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 – ...

A Pittsburgh-based company has unveiled a palm-sized robot dog that obeys voice commands and even does backflips. The Bittle X, developed by Petoi, is an open-source programmable robot dog. Designed ...

Programmable matter and robotic systems represent a dynamic frontier in materials science and robotics, where discrete, often modular units are designed to change their physical properties and ...

The products range from programmable rovers to books that introduce the terminology of robotics and circuitry to childen. Purdue University Inspire Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering Each ...