A brand-new engineering approach to generate "designer" biological robots using human lung cells is underway in Carnegie Mellon University's Ren lab. Referred to as AggreBots, these microscale living ...

Carnegie Mellon scientists create AggreBots, tiny lung-cell robots powered by cilia with controlled motility.Word excerpt: ...

The robots run on a hydraulic system powered by a compact pump, called a “hydraulic heart,” which uses water to move the ...

Researchers have developed a tiny magnetic robot that can take 3D scans from deep within the body and could revolutionize early cancer detection. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a tiny ...

H2L, a Tokyo-based technology startup, has launched the Capsule Interface. This breakthrough device lets you control robots with your entire body, transmitting not just movement but also physical ...

Researchers say making the gears on a micrometer scale paves the way for the smallest on-chip motors in history.

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences introduces a new approach to coordinating ...

On Wednesday, Clone Robotics released video footage of its Protoclone humanoid robot, a full-body machine that uses synthetic muscles to create unsettlingly human-like movements. In the video, the ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Imagine tiny, living robots swimming through your body to deliver medicine right where it’s needed. Scientists at Carnegie ...