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Engineering Jun 2, 2008

Microrobots dance on something smaller than a pin's head

Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized structures after years of continuing research led by a Duke University computer scientist.

Engineering May 21, 2008

Mechanical locomotion principles from jumping insects applied to microrobots

Researchers from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL are unveiling a novel, grasshopper-inspired jumping robot at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation May 21 in Pasadena, California.

Sep 12, 2007

Microbiotic technology developed for microinjection of zebrafish embryos

Funded by an NSERC Idea to Innovations grant and an Ontario Early Researcher Award, Prof. Yu Sun’s group, the Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory at the University of Toronto recently developed a microrobotic technology ...

Condensed Matter Feb 12, 2007

Researchers Create Tiny, Self-Propelled Devices

North Carolina State University scientists have figured out a method to supply microscopic devices with enough energy to not only allow them to propel themselves through liquid – a difficult function in its own right – but ...

Sep 14, 2005

Researchers build world's smallest mobile robot

In a world where "supersize" has entered the lexicon, there are some things getting smaller, like cell phones and laptops. Dartmouth researchers have contributed to the miniaturizing trend by creating the world's smallest ...

Aug 22, 2004

Advanced Model of World's Smallest Flying Microrobot from Epson

Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") announced that it has successfully developed a lighter and more advanced successor to the uFR, the world's smallest and lightest micro-flying robot. Turning once again to its micromechatronics ...

Aug 19, 2004

World's Lightest Micro-Flying Robot Built by Epson

Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") today announced that it has successfully developed a lighter and more advanced successor to the FR, the world's smallest and lightest micro-flying robot. Turning once again to its micromechatronics ...

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