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

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

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 peek at Misty, an advanced, programmable home robot that makes faces There's plenty of consumer robots out there, and a growing number of programmable robotic platforms for the home, office, or ...

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

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You always get what you pay for. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Humanoid robots are doing all sorts of things recently, like ...

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 ...