University of Pennsylvania researchers have created what they describe as the world's tiniest robot. It's a machine so small it is barely visible to the naked eye, yet equipped with sensors, a motor ...

Researchers at Penn and the University of Michigan have developed the world’s smallest, fully autonomous robots. The health ...

Search and rescues missions often happen in areas that are difficult for humans to navigate due to extreme weather, rough terrain, or dangerous conditions like smoke or dust. A researcher at Worcester ...

Solving a technical challenge that has stymied science for 40 years, researchers have built a robot with an onboard computer, sensors and a motor, the whole assembly less than 1 millimeter in size — ...

The bleeding edge: Nanomachines were once a distant fantasy of science fiction writers and video games like Deus Ex and Metal Gear Solid. However, recent advances in miniaturization have brought those ...

The US manufacturing industry is at a crossroads, and Edward Mehr of robotics-enabled startup, Machina Labs, has chosen his ...

Researchers at Dartmouth College have created modular robots that can assemble into structures and move through real-world terrain. Built from cube-shaped blocks, the robots combine rigid rods with ...

Madison’s new humanoid robotics club plan to deploy an autonomous, two-armed robot that can deliver food and fold laundry by the end of this year, giving members project design skills.

Robots don’t have to be large and imposing to be impressive. As this tiny quadruped from [Dorian Todd] demonstrates, some simple electronics and a few servos can create something altogether charming ...

We’re far from realizing the kind of nanomachines envisioned in media like “The Diamond Age” and Metal Gear Solid, but scientists have just taken a meaningful step towards the next best thing. A team ...