Bacteria-scale robots that can run for months without human control are no longer a lab fantasy. Researchers have now built fully programmable micro-machines, smaller than a grain of salt, that can ...

The zinc-air batteries, which can generate up to a volt, are as thin as a human hair. A battery designed by MIT chemical engineer Michael Strano and colleagues could make it possible for cell-size ...

From power sources to fixturing tolerances, every component in a welding cell determines whether your automation investment ...

A team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, ...

It’s a bizarre sight: With a short burst of light, a sponge-shaped robot scoots across a tiled surface. Flipped on its back, it repeatedly twitches as if doing sit-ups. By tinkering with the light’s ...

Scientists have created an army of microscopic four-legged robots too small to see with the naked eye that walk when stimulated by a laser and could be injected into the body through hypodermic ...

A new study led by Penn State researchers shows for the first time how sound waves could function as a means of controlling micro-sized robots. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Animals like bats, whales and ...