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

Tiny robots small enough to slip through blood vessels are moving from speculative fiction into the medical lab, promising ...

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

Robots small enough to travel autonomously through the human body to repair damaged sites may seem the stuff of science ...

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

The tiny, microscopic robot packs an onboard computer, solar cells, and propulsion system, and is capable of sensing its ...

Machine touted as first tiny robot to be able to sense, think and act, envisioning a future of use inside human body.

A team of researchers at Cornell University has developed the world’s smallest walking robot. Designed to interact with visible light, the robot moves independently despite its tiny size. The team ...

Swiss scientists create grain-sized robot that surgeons control with magnets to deliver medicine precisely through blood ...

Tiny microrobots are learning to fly with insect-like speed and control, thanks to new AI-driven technology developed at MIT.

Fixing underground water pipes usually means digging up roads and sidewalks — a process that's disruptive and expensive. However, researchers at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. are working on ...