A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who ...

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 – ...

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

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

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 ...

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Small delivery robots that use pedestrian areas are spreading on college campuses, with Serve Robotics introducing the latest models with improved sensor and computing power. The industry is now ...