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 ...

Pneumonia is a common lung affliction. While a range of things can cause pneumonia, one of the most common include bacterial infections. These bacterial infections are especially common, and worrisome ...

They’re tiny, rectangular and can do backflips on rough terrain. Side flips, too. They’re polymer and metal microbots, and the hope is the teeny devices will one day transport drugs inside the human ...

Researchers have taken another step forward in medical micro-robotics, designing a tiny, speedy, self-propelled bot that may one day deliver medications directly where they’re needed inside the body.

Vibrating tiny robots could revolutionize research. Individual robots can work collectively as swarms to create major advances in everything from construction to surveillance, but microrobots’ small ...

In the evolving realm of medical science, the rise of tiny autonomous robots is nothing short of revolutionary. As medical technology leaps forward, these diminutive devices stand at the forefront of ...

Aug. 7 (UPI) --Scientists have designed a tiny robot made of microscopic cubes capable of changing shape when triggered by a magnetic field. Once initiated, the microbot can derive energy from the ...

Swiss and French microrobots walked away with gold at the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Alaska. In the Mobile Microrobotics Challenge, six teams from Canada, Europe ...