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

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

Scientists create robot the size of a grain of salt that can dance and think - Researchers say the record-breaking robot ...

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

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 – ...

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 – ...

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

Microscale swimming bots take in sensory information, process it and carry out tasks, opening new possibilities in manufacturing and medicine. (Nanowerk News) The world’s smallest fully programmable, ...

By studying how grasshoppers glide and fold their wings, researchers are finding new ways to extend flight time for ...

Small companion robots stole the show on Sunday at the preview of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which ...