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 ...

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

Together, the machines represent a long-awaited breakthrough in microscale robotics, a field that has struggled for decades to combine independent motion, sensing, and computing at extremely small ...

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

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

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

Which LEGO robot kit is best? LEGO has been making childhood toys for more than 50 years and now even offer kits that allow your child to build a robot. These sets encourage young kids to explore and ...

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 swimming microbots can autonomously sense and navigate their surroundings, using temperature detection to monitor cell ...

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