As far as the world of robot technology is concerned, miniaturization is advancing quickly in just any field and the trend towards the making of ever smaller units is also common.
Washington State University (WSU) researchers have created a robotic bee that can fly in all directions.
A bionic quadruped soft thin-film microrobot operated by magnetic fields with a mass of only 41 mg was recently proposed by a research team from Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It promises to be used for stomach examination and treatment.
A huge attraction has been gained in drug delivery and therapy by micro or nanorobots with self-propelling and -navigating capabilities as a result of their controllable locomotion in inaccessible body tissues.
Individual robots can function cooperatively as swarms to generate significant advances in numerous areas from surveillance to construction, but the small scale of microrobots is perfect for disease diagnosis, drug delivery, and even surgeries.
SEA-KIT International’s Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Maxlimer has returned from an initial survey mission inside the caldera of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HT–HH) volcano carrying a plethora of data and imagery to fill important gaps in current understanding and knowledge of the seamount and water above it.
Researchers at MIT working on insect-scale robots, or microbots, have drawn inspiration from nature by developing a flying microbot that emits light as it flies, much like a firefly.
Vietnam’s leading IT firm, FPT Software, has recently entered a strategic partnership with Silicon Valley AI and machine vision leader Landing AI.
For the first time, University of Würzburg physicists have been successful in propelling micrometer-sized drones using just light and exerting clear-cut control. These microdrones are considerably smaller in comparison to red blood cells.
For the first time, researchers have shown that molecular robots can handle the delivery of cargo by utilizing a swarming strategy, realizing a transport efficiency that is five times more than that of solo robots.