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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 ...
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Scientists just built programmable robots the size of bacteria that can operate alone for months
The robot is hard to see without a microscope. It’s small enough to rest on the ridge of a fingerprint and can operate in liquid for months. Inside this speck is a functioning computer, a sensor, and ...
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 ...
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