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

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

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

Scientists unveil penny-sized microrobots that swim, sense temperature, and run for months using light-powered brains.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable ...

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

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

Microscale swimming bots take in sensory information, process it and carry out tasks, opening new possibilities in ...

The robots are both powered and programmed by light pulses, and each has their own unique identifier for individualized ...

Images of the robot // Videos in the labThe world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots ...

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