Scientists unveil penny-sized microrobots that swim, sense temperature, and run for months using light-powered brains.

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

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

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

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

Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton with the utmost precision. These creatures have now inspired human ...

How can researchers explore the depths of ocean worlds like Jupiter’s moon, Europa? This is what the Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers (SWIM) robotic explorers hopes to address as scientists and ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a remarkable sand-swimming robot inspired by the movements of baby sea turtles. This innovative robot is capable of traversing ...

When baby sea turtles hatch from their buried eggs, they use their powerful flippers to make their way up through the sand. A new "sand-swimming" robot, inspired by those hatchlings, could one day ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Building robots that can effortlessly mimic the movements of insects on water has been a persistent challenge in robotics. The ability to move autonomously and efficiently in ...