Engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., announced they have created what they believe is "the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot." The robot resembles a tiny crab and ...

(CNN) — For these tiny robotic crabs, being small is a virtue. Engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, invented the world’s smallest remote-controlled walking robot, according to ...

How small is Northwestern University’s robot crab? It’s sit-on-the-side-of-a-penny small. It’s half a millimeter wide — making it even smaller than a common flea. Researchers behind it have determined ...

This may be the tiniest robot you’ve ever seen. Shaped like a peekytoe crab, it’s a half-millimeter across and it can crawl, jump, bend, and twist through tiny apertures. The edge of a coin provides ...

The first units are expected to ship to customers in the US in 2026. There is a $499 monthly subscription alternative to the ...