WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers are using a technology likened to "mini force fields" to independently control individual microrobots operating within groups, an advance aimed at using the tiny ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 14 (UPI) --Researchers at Purdue University are hoping to deploy teams of tiny robots in fields ranging from manufacturing to medicine. To control them, scientists have ...

Researchers are testing a way to control a single microbot that operates as part of a group. The robots are too small for batteries, so instead magnetic fields allow them to move independently while ...

Electronic “force stickers” about the size of a grain of rice could one day make a joint implant work better. Or they could check the weight of inventory in a warehouse or monitor the safety of ...

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This image shows how two microbots can be independently controlled when operating within a group, an advance aimed at using the tiny machines for applications such as advanced manufacturing and ...