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World’s smallest programmable robot fits on a fingerprint ridge and carries its own computer

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 ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Smaller than a grain of salt—scientists create the world’s smallest autonomous robot, capable of moving and processing data

A team from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan has built the tiniest programmable, self-driving ...
Forbes

Programmable Matter: A Critical Breakthrough For Robot Hands

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 ...
TechCrunch

Hugging Face releases a 3D-printed robotic arm starting at $100

Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects and perform a few other ...
Nature

Programmable Matter and Robotic Systems

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 ...