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Army of a million microscopic robots created to explore on tiny scale

Roboticists have produced a million microscopic walking robots on a silicon wafer – in future, similar robot armies could roam inside the human body

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robeetle

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Beetlebot carries heavy loads using alcohol-powered artificial muscles

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Uncrewed vessel

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Australia will use robot boats to find asylum seekers at sea

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Robots can now give full-body personalised massages at home

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Robots can now give full-body personalised massages at home

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Beetles carrying tiny backpack cameras stream footage to a smartphone

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Beetles carrying tiny backpack cameras stream footage to a smartphone

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Ant and optical pliers

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Pliers smaller than an ant’s jaws are controlled by optical fibres

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Sewer robot

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This robot can tell when sewers need repairing by scratching the walls

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This robot can tell when sewers need repairing by scratching the walls

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This robot can tell when sewers need repairing by scratching the walls

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Tiny robots can travel through rushing blood to deliver drugs

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Tiny robots can travel through rushing blood to deliver drugs

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Network Effect review: A glorious thought-provoking Murderbot tale

Martha Wells's action-packed novel Network Effect puts you inside the head of a Murderbot. It raises fascinating questions you will think about for a long time, says Sally Adee

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Robot with pincers can detect and remove weeds without harming crops

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Robots with 3D-printed muscles are powered by the spines of rats

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Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

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Microrobots made from pollen help remove toxic mercury from wastewater

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