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 ...

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

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as ...

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

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

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

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

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

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have unveiled the world’s smallest fully ...

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