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New Method of Manipulating Cells Using Microrobotics

A novel and non-invasive approach for controlling cells using microrobotics has recently been demonstrated by researchers in the lab of Professor Aaron Wheeler (Chemistry, IBBME).

9 Jul 2019

Mobile Motor Could Help Robots Assemble Complex Structures

Neil Gershenfeld, a professor at MIT, came up with an audacious idea years ago.

3 Jul 2019

Miniature RoboBee Flies Untethered for the First Time

On a late afternoon in August, several years of research in the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, climaxed in a moment of stress as the tiny, revolutionary RoboBee began its first solo flight.

27 Jun 2019

Scaffold Microrobots Used Successfully in Cell Transplantation

A Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) research team has successfully developed stem cell delivery of scaffold microrobot that can exactly deliver cells to a target body tissue.

18 Jun 2019

New Agile Robot May Aid in Scouting and Search-And-Rescue Operations

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have created a new, agile robot, known as Salto, as part of a research project for the U.S. Army.

29 May 2019

Researchers Successfully Automate Microrobots

To create a microrobot, one used to require a microscope, two needle-nosed tweezers, steady hands, and a minimum of eight hours. But currently, scientists from the University of Toronto Engineering have formulated a technique that requires just a 3D printer and 20 minutes.

25 Apr 2019

A Million Functional Micro Robots Designed from Four-Inch Silicon Wafer

Scientists have harnessed the newest nanofabrication methods to develop bug-shaped robots that are wirelessly driven, able to survive challenging environments, able to walk, and small enough to be injected via a standard hypodermic needle.

8 Mar 2019

You Spoke, We Listened – Meet ASSIST PLUS

INTEGRA understands that today’s scientists want to do more than just straightforward pipetting tasks in microplates.

From INTEGRA Biosciences Ltd 1 Mar 2019

Tiny Aquatic Organisms Could Serve as a Model for Robots Required to Move in Complex Environments

The graceful movements of unicellular organisms— Euglena—that acclimatize their body deformations based on the environment, could serve as a model for robots that need to move in challenging situations, for example, debris, soils, or even the human body.

22 Feb 2019