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Penn and UMich create world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently ...
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The World's Smallest Programmable Robot Can Barely Be Seen

A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who ...
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The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pictures

Some of the world's most advanced robots showed off their skills at tech shows and sporting events, doing everything from ...
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Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies

In an office at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a soft robotic hand carefully curls its fingers to grasp a small object. The intriguing part isn't the mechanical ...
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Want to 3D print a walking robot? Just ask your computer.

Professor Boyuan Chen poses with some of his 3D printed robots that were designed and built through his new platform called Text2Robot that allows people to simply tell a computer what kind of robot ...