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 University of Waterloo researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots. They published their results in ...

The two outer (tethered) robots mimicking spacecraft are shown redirecting a third (center) in a simulated frictionless environment. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

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 – ...