Even though snails are slow and slimy-bottomed, they've inspired a new type of robot that could be quite useful. Groups of these bots can operate independently or join together in order to perform ...

Research teams from Seoul National University and Harvard University created a novel, bio-inspired swarm robot system capable of movement, exploration, transportation, and cooperation, all achieved ...

New swarms of “ant-like” robots are able to lift heavy objects and hurl themselves over obstacles. The tiny magnetic automatons, developed by scientists in South Korea, work together like insects to ...

Scientists have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The findings ...

Researchers’ video of a swarm of microrobots dividing in two under magnetic-field manipulation. (Video: Kijun Yang, et al./Hanyang University) Forget teaching robots to think like humans. A field ...

Scientists in South Korea have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The ...