World’s smallest autonomous robots are 'smaller than a grain of salt,' cost one penny apiece — researchers expect new micron-scale fully-programmable robots to be used in medicine, microscale manufacturing, and other areas
Published: (December 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM EST)
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Source: Tom's Hardware
Source: Tom’s Hardware
Summary
Fully programmable, autonomous robots ‘smaller than a grain of salt’ have been developed by research teams from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.