Researchers at Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, alongside collaborators from the University of Michigan, ...
The newest generation of microrobots is so small that a single unit can perch on the ridge of a fingerprint and practically vanish from sight. Built at a scale that rivals grains of salt and human ...
For nearly half a century, the dream of microscopic robotics has felt tantalizingly close, yet perpetually out of reach. We have grown up on a diet of science fiction like Fantastic Voyage, imagining ...
A peek at Misty, an advanced, programmable home robot that makes faces There's plenty of consumer robots out there, and a growing number of programmable robotic platforms for the home, office, or ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. We’ve digitized sight, and we’ve digitized sound. But touch, one of the most important ...
Programmable matter and robotic systems represent a dynamic frontier in materials science and robotics, where discrete, often modular units are designed to change their physical properties and ...