microrobots

The WaterStrider weighs 55 milligrams and can move at 6 millimeters per second (photo by Bob Hubner, WSU Photo Services).
The smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be created
The WaterStrider weighs 55 milligrams and can move at 6 millimeters per second (photo by
The dye rhodamine-B gives the microrobot its orange colour. Its intensity provides information about how warm it is. Astrid Eckert / TUM
The world’s first microrobot capable of navigating within groups of cells and stimulating individual cells
The dye rhodamine-B gives the microrobot its orange colour. Its intensity provides information about how
Hybrid micro-robot simulation. Credit: Tel Aviv University
A hybrid micro-robot can recognize and capture targeted damaged cells
Hybrid micro-robot simulation. Credit: Tel Aviv University A hybrid micro-robot can recognize and capture targeted
The researchers’ microrobots use “physical intelligence” to exert control over nearby objects. By spinning and disrupting the alignment of the liquid crystal surrounding them, the robots can attract smaller particles to their edges, then precisely deposit them. (Image: Penn Engineering Today)
The ability to restructure materials on a microscopic level using microrobots
The researchers’ microrobots use “physical intelligence” to exert control over nearby objects. By spinning and
A mass production method for biodegradable microrobots that can disappear into the body after delivering cells and drugs
The 24-h process of stem cells attaching to the microrobot surface (top) and Cell staining
Dr Ali Hoshiar
Swarms of microrobots injected into the body could unblock internal medical devices and avoid further surgery
Dr Ali Hoshiar Swarms of microrobots injected into the body could unblock internal medical devices
Insect-sized flying robots powered by a direct-drive artificial muscle system
Front view of the flying robot. Dr Tim Helps Insect-sized flying robots powered by a
Microplastics get broken down by bacteria-sized robots
Metallic microrobots (dark blue dots) colonize a jagged piece of microplastic under visible light, breaking
A new manufacturing technique enables microrobots that could help revolutionize medicine
Computer graphic of a microvehicle with iron wheels (gold) and a polymer chassis (red). The
The first microscopic robots, roughly the size of paramecium, to be controlled – and made to walk – with standard electronic signals
Researchers from Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania built microsopic robots that consist of a
A plastic mini robot moves by magnetism and light to clean water and transport cells
vai Eindhoven University of Technology A plastic mini robot moves by magnetism and light to
Personalized microrobots can swim through the body and deliver drugs to tumors or carry other cargo
Illustration (top) and scanning electron microscopy image (bottom) of biohybrid bacterial microswimmers, which were fabricated
Are we on our way to intelligent microrobots?

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have developed a micromachine that

First flying microrobot with soft actuators

First flight of a microrobot with soft actuators The sight of a RoboBee careening towards

Could microrobots clean up radioactive waste?

According to some experts, nuclear power holds great promise for meeting the world’s growing energy