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Scaffold Microrobots Used Successfully in Cell Transplantation

A Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) research team has successfully developed stem cell delivery of scaffold microrobot that can exactly deliver cells to a target body tissue.

18 Jun 2019

New Agile Robot May Aid in Scouting and Search-And-Rescue Operations

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have created a new, agile robot, known as Salto, as part of a research project for the U.S. Army.

29 May 2019

Researchers Successfully Automate Microrobots

To create a microrobot, one used to require a microscope, two needle-nosed tweezers, steady hands, and a minimum of eight hours. But currently, scientists from the University of Toronto Engineering have formulated a technique that requires just a 3D printer and 20 minutes.

25 Apr 2019

A Million Functional Micro Robots Designed from Four-Inch Silicon Wafer

Scientists have harnessed the newest nanofabrication methods to develop bug-shaped robots that are wirelessly driven, able to survive challenging environments, able to walk, and small enough to be injected via a standard hypodermic needle.

8 Mar 2019

You Spoke, We Listened – Meet ASSIST PLUS

INTEGRA understands that today’s scientists want to do more than just straightforward pipetting tasks in microplates.

From INTEGRA Biosciences Ltd 1 Mar 2019

Tiny Aquatic Organisms Could Serve as a Model for Robots Required to Move in Complex Environments

The graceful movements of unicellular organisms— Euglena—that acclimatize their body deformations based on the environment, could serve as a model for robots that need to move in challenging situations, for example, debris, soils, or even the human body.

22 Feb 2019

New Tiny, Shape-Changing Elastic Robots Could Revolutionize Targeted Drug Delivery

Researchers at EPFL and ETH Zurich have created small elastic robots with the ability to modify their shape according to their environment.

21 Jan 2019

Innovative Robot Improves Safety of Rescue Operations

A special kind of robot not only views & navigates in smoke-filled areas but also detects gas leaks & plots maps of areas it has been in.

21 Jun 2018

Researchers Designing Bio-Inspired Microrobots

Researchers are designing swarms of robotic bees and jumping robot spiders, aiming to lead the world in micro robotics.

7 Mar 2018

Bio-Inspired Algorithms and Machine Learning Used to Develop Fault-Tolerant Robotic Swarms

As part of an innovative project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), scientists from Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton will use machine learning and bio-inspired algorithms to create fault-tolerant robotic swarms.

26 Feb 2018