In the natural world, organisms and their environments are locked in a constant conversation. Termites build nests that alter ...

Microscopic robots from Cornell sense the temperature of the liquid around them, pump it with artificial cilia, and change ...

Cornell physics researchers have made robots that for the first time can sense the temperature of their surroundings and react together to change it.

The world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain developed at the University of Michigan. These microscopic swimming machines ...

Cornell researchers have built a microscopic robotic array that senses temperature and coordinates tiny paddles to move ...

Shape shifts happen all around you. Cells stretch, tissues curl, and living structures shift their form as naturally as breathing. Scientists have tried to copy those abilities for years, hoping to ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina have created microscopic soft robots shaped like flowers that can change shape and behavior in response to their surroundings, just like living ...

Robots have officially stepped into a domain that was once reserved for microbes. The United States researchers unveiled the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots so small that they ...

University of Pennsylvania researchers have created what they describe as the world's tiniest robot. It's a machine so small it is barely visible to the naked eye, yet equipped with sensors, a motor ...

The bleeding edge: Nanomachines were once a distant fantasy of science fiction writers and video games like Deus Ex and Metal Gear Solid. However, recent advances in miniaturization have brought those ...