A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who built it. To the team's best knowledge, this joint invention is the world's ...

Untethered stimuli-responsive soft robotics is a promising field with potential applications in healthcare, automation, and human-robot interaction. However, current limitations restrict many soft ...

German manufacturing giant Siemens has developed an army of robot spiders which can work together to build 3D print structures and parts in real time. Dubbed what Siemens calls “mobile manufacturing” ...

The world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain developed at the University of Michigan. These microscopic swimming machines ...

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Engineers have developed an exceptionally energy-efficient 3D camera modelled on the unique visual system of jumping spiders. The device could soon revolutionise the navigation capabilities of battery ...