Scientists create robots smaller than a grain of salt that can think
Jan 6, 2026 · Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny ...
Penn and Michigan Create World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots
Dec 15, 2025 · Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that …
Microscopic Robots That Swim Think and Act on Their Own
Jan 9, 2026 · Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of living cells. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the …
The World's Smallest Programmable Robot Can Barely Be Seen
To the team's best knowledge, this joint invention is the world's smallest programmable robot that can autonomously move through fluid, shrinking the volume of previous designs by some 10,000-fold.
Sub-millimeter-sized robots can sense, 'think' and act on their own
Dec 15, 2025 · Scientists have been trying for decades to develop microscopic robots, not only for medical applications but also for environmental monitoring and manufacturing.
World's Smallest Programmable Robot Fits on a Fingerprint Ridge and ...
6 days ago · World’s Smallest Programmable Robot Fits on a Fingerprint Ridge and Carries Its Own Computer A fleet of autonomous bots smaller than a grain of salt costs just one penny each.
Scientists Create Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Sand - WSJ
Jan 8, 2026 · Scientists Create Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Sand They run on light and are the world’s smallest, fully programmable, autonomous devices By Daniel Akst Share
Microscopic robots that sense, think, act, and compute
Dec 10, 2025 · Here, we take up the challenge of building a robot comparable in size to a single-celled paramecium that can sense, think, and act using onboard systems for computation, sensing, …
Breakthrough in microrobotics: autonomous robots smaller than a ...
Jan 13, 2026 · Researchers say they have solved a technical challenge that for decades was considered virtually impossible. They have developed a fully integrated robot with a computer, sensors, and …
Microscopic Robots That Sense, Think, Act, and Compute
Mar 29, 2025 · Here, we take up the challenge of building a microrobot comparable in size to a single-celled paramecium that can sense, think, and act using onboard systems for computation, sensing, …