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Researchers Develop Simplified Method for Production and Customization of Soft Robotics

The method produces stronger chemical bonds between silicone and plastic, reducing complexity, time and cost to develop/customize microfluidic devices.

11 Jan 2018

EPFL Researchers Develop Miniature Robotic Spy

EPFL researchers have developed a new miniature robot that can swim with fish, learn how they interact with one another, and make them come together or change direction. These unique capabilities have been demonstrated on schools of zebrafish.

9 Nov 2017

Scientists Create Hybrid Rigid-Soft Robotic Arm for Use with Flexible Endoscopes

Although flexible endoscopes have the ability to make their way through narrow passages for curing hard-to-reach portions inside the human body, when they finally reach their target areas, they depend on firm surgical tools to remove or manipulate tissues.

3 Aug 2017

Georgia Tech Researchers Build Autonomous Quadcopters and Face-Detecting Blimps

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed new free-flying robots that follow the two rules of the air — don’t undercut or collide with each other. In addition to these robots, the researchers have also developed autonomous blimps that can detect faces and recognize hand gestures.

16 May 2017

Simple Hydraulic Actuator for Small Robots

Microfluidic device generates passive hydraulic power, may be used to make small robots move.

10 Apr 2017

Shape-Programmable Microrobots May One Day Carry Out Medical Functions in Specific Locations

One day, microrobots may be able to swim through the human body like sperm or paramecia to carry out medical functions in specific locations.

27 Sep 2016

UC Davis Scientists Deploy Microscopic Marine Larvae Robots into Pacific Ocean near San Francisco

Scientists from the University of California, Davis, are deploying “robot larvae” into the ocean at Bodega Bay, just north of San Francisco.

2 Sep 2016

Microrobots Assist in Medical Operations and Drug Delivery

A team of researchers at EPFL and ETHZ have designed a new technique for constructing microrobots that can be used in the body to provide drugs and also perform a number of other medical operations.

25 Jul 2016

Changing External Magnetic Field Could Turn Two-Faced Magnetic Beads into Micro-Robots

Thanks to the ordering effects of two-faced magnetic beads, they can be turned into useful tools controlled by a changing external magnetic field

20 Jul 2016

New Fabrication Method for Swimming Microrobots Utilizes Minimum Geometric Requirements for Fluid Motion

When scaling down robots to the micrometer scale for tiny tasks such as incising tissue and puncturing retinal veins, minimalism is key.

20 Jul 2016

Microbotics News

Researchers Develop Simplified Method for Production and Customization of Soft Robotics

EPFL Researchers Develop Miniature Robotic Spy

Scientists Create Hybrid Rigid-Soft Robotic Arm for Use with Flexible Endoscopes

Georgia Tech Researchers Build Autonomous Quadcopters and Face-Detecting Blimps

Simple Hydraulic Actuator for Small Robots

Shape-Programmable Microrobots May One Day Carry Out Medical Functions in Specific Locations

UC Davis Scientists Deploy Microscopic Marine Larvae Robots into Pacific Ocean near San Francisco

Microrobots Assist in Medical Operations and Drug Delivery

Changing External Magnetic Field Could Turn Two-Faced Magnetic Beads into Micro-Robots

New Fabrication Method for Swimming Microrobots Utilizes Minimum Geometric Requirements for Fluid Motion

The Development of an Algorithm that Helps Soft Robots Understand Their Surroundings

How a Team from MIT is Using an AI Tool to Detect Melanoma

Using an AI Device and Platform to Help Those with Hand Weakness

Capitan Series Servo Drives

Single- and Multi-Pixel Capability in One Sensor - TeraRanger Evo Mini

High-Speed Automated Photonics Alignment System F-712 FMPA by PI

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The Development of an Algorithm that Helps Soft Robots Understand Their Surroundings

How a Team from MIT is Using an AI Tool to Detect Melanoma

Using an AI Device and Platform to Help Combat Hand Weakness

Microbotics News

1 UVD Robots Selected by Global Facility Management Company ISS to Provide Autonomous Disinfection Robots

2 AI-Enhanced EKG Technology Helps Rule Out COVID-19 Infection

3 Underwater Robots could help Investigate Deep-Sea Operations

4 Researchers Identify a New Way to Create Lightweight Robots

5 New System-On-Chip Device Significantly Reduces Power Consumption

6 How AI Can Assist in Caring for the Elderly

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