Tiny robots developed by NTU could be your future surgeon

The robot is just 4.4mm long and could be used to perform minimally invasive surgery in the future. Read more at straitstimes ...
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World’s smallest programmable robots think, swim, and sense temperature using light

Robots have just shrunk to the size of microorganisms. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have unveiled what they describe as the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots, ...
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Scientists create world’s smallest programmable robots that cost just a penny

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have created the world's smallest programmable robots. These tiny machines are so small that they are nearly invisible to ...
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World's smallest programmable robots perform tasks

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, ...
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Penn Engineering working on 'world's smallest' autonomous robots

PHILADELPHIA - Over at the University of Pennsylvania, research is being done to change the medical world as we know it. Penn Engineering researchers there are developing what they’ve coined as the ...

A swarm of robot ants learned to build without a boss, and Harvard’s experiment points to machines that could work where humans cannot

Harvard’s swarm of robot ants builds without a boss. See how these autonomous machines could tackle work in the world's most ...

Bee-inspired navigation system lets tiny robots fly without GPS

Bee-inspired drone navigation could change how tiny robots move through greenhouses, warehouses and disaster zones. By ...