STORY: These little green dots are microrobots. They can navigate in a cell network and stimulate individual cells in a targeted manner. Researchers at the Technical ...

(WNDU) - Robots have changed the medical field, and now, those robots are becoming smaller than ever before. They’re called microbots, also known as nanobots. They’re microscopic in scale, and ...

Various groups are currently working on tiny "robots" that could deliver medication to specific locations within the body. One of the latest such microbots, known as the MANiAC, is designed ...

Scientists have found a new way to use self-propelled microbots to clean wastewater. Researchers and scientists from institutions across Germany and Spain are using graphene and microbots to clean ...

Google’s chief engineer and notable futurist Ray Kurzweil has said that nanobots or microbots will flow through our bodies by 2030. While the technology could be life-changing, the prospects for these ...

Robotics researchers often turn to the Japanese paper folding art of origami for inspiration, and with some very impressive results. Scientists working in the field at the University of Michigan have ...

Engineers at the University of Colorado­—Boulder have designed a new type of “microbot,” which has to potential to revolutionized treatment for various health conditions, including interstitial ...

These tiny robots take a cue from ant colonies to cooperatively build. Some do the glue work, and some assemble scaffolding that could make for stronger 3D printing. Someday armies of microscopic bots ...

Robots have changed the medical field and are now becoming smaller than ever before. They’re called microbots, also known as nanorobots. Microscopic in scale, experts say thousands of them could be ...

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A robot doesn't have to big, powerful and terrifying to be worthwhile, and many people are working on miniature machines that are just as cool. Some of these endeavors show promise in medicine, but ...

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