Earlier this year, we heard about some tiny robots that used a bio-inspired mechanism to jump high into the air. The makers of those devices have now tweaked the design, creating bots that jump very ...

Miniaturization offers robotics designers new levels of power efficiency, nimbleness, and precision for a range of applications.

Miniature robots on the millimeter scale often lack the strength to transport instruments for endoscopic microsurgery through the body. Scientists are now combining several millimeter-sized TrainBots ...

A team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed millimetre-sized robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields to perform highly manoeuvrable ...

(Nanowerk News) Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider, developed at Washington State University, are the smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be ...

Robots are widely used to build cars, paint airplanes and sew clothing in factories, but the assembly of microscopic components, such as those for biomedical applications, has not yet been automated.

The Italian company behind the iconic Vespa scooter has debuted a miniature robot that’s designed to help its owners hauling items while they run errands. Out from Piaggio Fast Forward, which calls ...

What walks like a crab, is as small as a flea and can be remote-controlled? The latest gee-whiz wireless gizmo designed by robotics engineers. The walking robot, created to look like a peekytoe crab, ...

No remote controls will be allowed as hundreds of students and their autonomous robots compete at Santa Clara University on Saturday, April 5, 2003. The sixth annual KISS Institute for Practical ...

Remote-controlled miniature robots suitable for surgical, manufacturing use Measuring about the size of a grain of rice, the miniature robots may be used to reach confined and enclosed spaces ...