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Scientists just built programmable robots the size of bacteria that can operate alone for months

The robot is hard to see without a microscope. It’s small enough to rest on the ridge of a fingerprint and can operate in ...
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The world's smallest programmable robot can barely be seen

A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who ...
The Robot Report

Researchers create programmable, autonomous robots smaller than a grain of rice

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

World’s tiniest robots can think, swim, and work for months—And cost just a penny

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have unveiled the world’s smallest fully ...

Scientists Create World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independe ...
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Robots: Facts about machines that can walk, talk or do tasks that humans can't (or won't)

Robots are machines that can automatically perform both simple and complex actions. They are often programmed by a computer, but there's no single definition of a robot. Robots include a wide variety ...