The robots are powered by tiny microcomputers developed by David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, engineers at the University of ...

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

A team of researchers at the University of Washington has unveiled MilliMobile, a tiny self-driving robot that relies solely on ambient light or radio waves for power. This robot is equipped with a ...

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 ...

Cell-sized robots can sense temperature, make decisions, and move autonomously using nanowatts of power—no external control ...

From disaster zones to underground tunnels, robots are increasingly being sent where humans cannot safely go. But many of ...

As things get smaller, we can fit more processing power into devices like robots to allow them to do more things or interact with their environment in new ways. If not, we can at least build them for ...

A new category of sensing technology transforms mobile robot vision from 2D to 3D, improves safety performance and provides 50-80% cost savings compared to traditional, LiDAR-based systems and sensor ...

(Nanowerk News) Robotics researchers have already made great strides in developing sensors that can perceive changes in position, pressure, and temperature – all of which are important for ...