News tagged with tiny robots

Kilobots - tiny, collaborative robots - are leaving the nest (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Kilobots are coming. Computer scientists and engineers at Harvard University have developed and licensed technology that will make it easy to test collective algorithms on hundreds, or ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Tiny robots used in surgical procedures

Tiny robots that aid surgical procedures and medical checkups currently are the focus of intense research and study. In fact, some of these small-scale devices already are in practical use.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Auto-pilots need a birds-eye view

New research on how birds can fly so quickly and accurately through dense forests may lead to new developments in robotics and auto-pilots.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New system may one day steer microrobots through blood vessels for disease treatment

Researchers use a magnetic field to generate both side-to-side and corkscrew-like motions of tiny robots.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Kilobots bring us one step closer to a robot swarm

(PhysOrg.com) -- When you think about robots, the odds are that you think about something that is fairly large. Maybe you picture a robot arms bolted to the floor of a factory or if you are feeling particularly ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 8 | with audio podcast weblog

Afghan warfare gets wired in quest to spare lives

(AP) -- Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Henson goes out on patrol with a computer on his back and a joystick in his holster. He also carries a rifle, but the military is hoping he'll soon have less need for it.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1