The robots are powered by tiny microcomputers developed by David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, engineers at the University of ...

Scientists have created the world's smallest programmable robots. These microscopic machines swim in liquids and can sense ...

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as ...

Could a robot smaller than a microorganism actually think on its own? Well, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania ...

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

Scientists have developed microrobots that self-navigate and can transform medicine, sensing, and microscale engineering.

Tiny robots smaller than a grain of rice can sense, think, and move on their own. They could one day fix tissue inside the ...

A Pittsburgh-based company has unveiled a palm-sized robot dog that obeys voice commands and even does backflips. The Bittle X, developed by Petoi, is an open-source programmable robot dog. Designed ...

Programmable matter and robotic systems represent a dynamic frontier in materials science and robotics, where discrete, often modular units are designed to change their physical properties and ...

1. Joints - The Foundation of Movement Joints are the moving links in a robotic arm. They let the arm bend, rotate, or change ...

Recent advances in three-dimensional printing technologies provide one way not only to speed up freeform fabrication but also to exert programmable control over mechanical properties. Besides, origami ...