Recurring kidney stones can be an agonizing, debilitating problem, particularly if they can't be treated by ...

Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada have developed a tiny magnetically steerable “robot” that can dissolve ...

When it comes to robotics, size doesn’t always determine power, and micro-robots are proof of that. In this video, we explore ...

Micro/nanorobots have progressed from science fiction to real-world applications in biomedicine, environmental remediation, ...

How small can robots get, and can they assist in human body needs? This is what a team of researchers led by the University of Tel-Aviv hope to better understand as they examined the development of a ...

A flying micro-robot has been developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. A research team lead by professor Mir Behrad Khamesee manipulated magnetic fields to levitate and ...

Researchers have created a micro-robot the size of a single biological cell that navigates using both electricity and magnetic fields and can identify and capture a single cell, opening the door ...

The micro-robot crab moves because its body, made of a super-thin material that includes silicon and is elastic, is designed to change its shape when zapped with a laser beam. As a specific spot ...

The U.S. Army is preparing—for the first time—to develop and field micro robotic systems under programs of record, indicating confidence that the technology has matured and years of research are ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a hybrid micro-robot, the size of a single biological cell (about 10 microns across), that can be controlled and navigated using two different ...