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Scientists create robots smaller than a grain of sand

Researchers at Penn and the University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest, fully programmable, autonomous robots, packing significant capacities into a device smaller than a grain of salt.

Scientists create robot the size of a grain of salt that can dance and think

Marc Miskin led a team in the School of Engineering and Applied Science that developed the world’s smallest autonomous robot.

Tiny robots swim, sense, and report temperature through small movements

Researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Science have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots.

Whisper hack reveals how robots can be seized in seconds

After a trial proved that robots could be hijacked through voice commands, George Pappas of the School of Engineering and Applied Science warns that large language models are not safe when integrated into the physical world.

A microscopic robot on a U.S. penny for scale.

The world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots

Engineers at Penn Engineering have created robots barely visible to the naked eye that operate without tethers, magnetic fields or joystick-like controls.

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Dancing robot is the size of a grain of salt

Marc Miskin of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and colleagues have designed a swarm of fully autonomous, sub-millimeter-sized robots.

World’s smallest programmable robots think, swim, and sense temperature using light

Researchers in Penn Engineering have unveiled the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots

Ghost Robotics’ arm brings manipulation to military quadrupeds

Ghost Robotics, which originated at the GRASP Lab at Penn, specializes in exceptionally rugged quadrupeds.

Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars

Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.

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This robot uses Japanese tradition and AI for sashimi that lasts longer and is more humane

Alumnus Saif Khawaja is part of a startup team using AI and robotics to make sashimi and other fish dishes that taste better, last longer, and are more humane.

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