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AI Computing at Light Speed

The researchers’ microrobots use “physical intelligence” to exert control over nearby objects. By spinning and disrupting the alignment of the liquid crystal surrounding them, the robots can attract smaller particles to their edges, then precisely deposit them. (Image: Penn Engineering Today)

The ability to restructure materials on a microscopic level using microrobots

An infographic explains the magnetic and catalytic properties of the iron oxide nanoparticles and their assembly into bristle and floss-like forms. (Image: Melissa Pappas/Penn Engineering)

A shapeshifting robotic microswarm may one day act as a toothbrush, rinse, and dental floss in one

Halting osteoarthritis-like knee cartilage degeneration with new injectable nanomedicine – in mice

A fleet of tiny aircraft to explore Mars that have no moving parts and weigh as much as a fruit fly

New self-fueling robots that can eat metal for energy open a new paradigm for robotics

A Robot That Jumps, Flips, and Does Pull-ups