A breakthrough in medical technology could soon change how sinus infections are treated. Scientists have created micro-robots for sinus infection treatment that can enter the nasal cavity, eliminate ...

For decades, microscopic robots lived mostly in our imagination. Movies like "Fantastic Voyage" convinced us that tiny machines would one day cruise through the human body, fixing problems from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Micro-robots could be used to treat infections in the sinuses, as well as the bladder, intestines, and other hard-to-reach areas ...

Bacteria-scale robots that can run for months without human control are no longer a lab fantasy. Researchers have now built fully programmable micro-machines, smaller than a grain of salt, that can ...

PHILADELPHIA - Over at the University of Pennsylvania, research is being done to change the medical world as we know it. Penn Engineering researchers there are developing what they’ve coined as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Pennsylvania researchers have created what they describe as the world's tiniest robot. World Baseball Classic: ...

Scientists have created micro-robots that swim and dodge obstacles like living organisms, revolutionizing medical robotics.

Micro-robots operate on a scale from a few microns to several millimeters. Untethered micro devices utilize magnetic fields or acoustic waves for precise propulsion. Biodegradable gels and ...

Dynamic microscopic robots have been developed to respond to their surroundings, potentially offering a vessel for delivering medicine or cleaning up pollution. Researchers at the University of North ...

In a recently published study, the Dutch team describes an unexpected behavior observed in a 3D-printed microstructure. The "robot" consists of a flexible chain of self-propelling ...