An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any previous insect-sized drone without falling apart. For tiny flying robots to make ...

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YOKOHAMA, Japan — A new microrobot is poised to transform operations in confined spaces that are currently inaccessible to humans. Developed by researchers at Yokohama National University in Japan, ...

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

Engineers have designed a tiny, low-weight and cordless robot that can act independently and with ultra-high precision in all ...

A new study explains how tiny water bugs use fan-like propellers to zip across streams at speeds up to 120 body lengths per second ...

In the 1980s when micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) were first created, computer engineers were excited by the idea ...

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

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A remote-controlled robot the size of a grain of sand can swim through blood vessels to deliver drugs before dissolving into ...

Engineers have designed a tiny, low-weight and cordless robot that can act independently and with ultra-high precision in all directions in some of the most extreme conditions. The robot, which the ...