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

In a joint advance from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, engineers have designed the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever built – ...

SINGAPORE – Imagine enjoying a cappuccino from a nearby coffee joint delivered right to your office on the fifth storey by a delivery robot. That robot would have to navigate a path outdoors, avoid ...

These devices represent a pivot in robotics, operating at the scale of many microorganisms yet equipped with the computing ...

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Michigan have created the world's smallest autonomous and programmable robots. Each measuring about 200 micrometers wide – ...

Could a robot smaller than a microorganism actually think on its own? Well, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania ...

Scientists have unveiled the world’s smallest autonomous robots, marking a groundbreaking leap in microrobotics.

The world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain ...

A microrobot can operate independently in liquids for months. The development effort was high, but the costs for the robot ...

Robotics and Autonomous Systems 1: Integrated Approaches to Fabrication, Computation and Architectural Design presents design research from the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design’s ...