Science news articles about 'micro robots'

For the first time, researchers have built micro-robots as small as bacteria. Their purpose is to help cure human beings.

Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized structures after years of continuing research led by a Duke University computer ...

Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the ...

... like airplanes and helicopters consume much more energy than micro robots that fly like flies. A new study ... finding can inspire the design of efficient micro flying robots with spinning fly-like wings. ...

... like airplanes and helicopters consume much more energy than micro robots that fly like flies. A new study ... finding can inspire the design of efficient micro flying robots with spinning fly-like wings. ...

... form of jumping is unique because it allows micro-robots to travel over many types of rough terrain ... jumps and very high accelerations. The jumping robot presented here uses the exact same principle, ...