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World’s smallest programmable robot fits on a fingerprint ridge and carries its own computer

For nearly half a century, the dream of microscopic robotics has felt tantalizingly close, yet perpetually out of reach. We ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists built robots smaller than a grain of sand

Robots that can think and move are no longer confined to factory floors or humanoid prototypes. Researchers have now shrunk ...

Microscopic Robots That Swim Think and Act on Their Own

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...
Decrypt

Scientists Crammed a Computer Into a Robot the Size of a Grain of Salt

Researchers built autonomous robots the size of salt grains—with onboard computers, sensors, and motors that think and swim ...
Science Daily

Scientists create robots smaller than a grain of salt that can think

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...
Detroit News

UM researchers help build robot smaller than grain of salt

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 — ...