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In a joint advance from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, engineers have designed the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever built – ...

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

Scientists have created the world's smallest programmable robots, each smaller than a grain of salt and costing just one penny. Learn how this breakthrough could revolutionize medicine and ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable ...

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Michigan have created the world's smallest autonomous and programmable robots. Each measuring about 200 micrometers wide – ...

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The robots are both powered and programmed by light pulses, and each has their own unique identifier for individualized programming.

A microrobot can operate independently in liquids for months. The development effort was high, but the costs for the robot are very low.

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KENTWOOD, Mich. (ABC 4) — At Woodland Mall near Grand Rapids, shoppers can visit a Light the World Giving Machine from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and give back to charitable West ...