A remote-controlled robot the size of a grain of sand can swim through blood vessels to deliver drugs before dissolving into ...

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University has created a new 3D-printing method that builds paper-thin ...

Magnetic soft robots deliver and release tens of millions of probiotic bacteria with timed control, disrupt tumor spheroids ...

Once the microrobot reached its target, the scientists could use a high-frequency magnetic field to heat the microrobot, dissolving its shell and releasing the medicine inside. This invention was ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

Video explaining how torque is applied by the external magnet, to control the internal magnet, demonstrating the rolling motion and the benefits of using the oloid shape. Shows sweeping and rolling ...

A field called swarm robotics is taking inspiration from ants, bees and even slime molds.

SEOUL, South Korea — What if doctors could deploy thousands of tiny robots to clear blocked arteries? Scientists at Hanyang ...