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Nanoengineers at the UC Davis have officially developed microbots that can swim around a mouse's lungs and deliver pneumonia-clearing medicine.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Use Microbots to Clear Pneumonia From Lungs of Sick Mice

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a world's first, a team of scientists at Purdue University has built a tiny flipping microrobot that can be operated inside a colon of a living animal.

Scientists Drive Tiny Robot Around Inside Living Butthole

By Victor Tangermann

Georgia Tech researchers have built tiny microbots that move in response to vibrations — and they could one day attack diseases in your body.

These Vibration-Powered Microbots Are Almost Too Small to See

By Kristin Houser

The tiniest robot with legs is about the size of an ant's face — and you can watch it go for a run in a video released by IEEE Spectrum.

Watch an Adorably Tiny Robot Go for a Teeny Run

By Kristin Houser

Microbots created from algae could help in medical procedures.

Magnetically-Controlled Organic Microbots Could Change Medicine in the Next Decade

Meet the Hive of Insect-Like Machines That Can Assemble Virtually Anything

Robots and Machines

Meet the Hive of Insect-Like Machines That Can Assemble Virtually Anything

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Science & Energy

Scientists Made Nanorobots That Can Release Drugs in The Body Using Mind-Control

By Michelle Lee

These Tiny Robots Can Build Anything, Including Their Own Tools

These Tiny Robots Can Build Anything, Including Their Own Tools

By Miguel Santos

Watch These 100 Gram Robots Pull a 4000 Pound Car

Artificial Intelligence

Watch These 100 Gram Robots Pull a 4000 Pound Car

By June Javelosa