This Autonomous Aquatic Robot Is Smaller Than a Grain of Salt
Technology and ScienceBy Ritsuko Kawai1/24/20261 min read
Researchers have succeeded in developing the smallest fully autonomous robot in history. It measures less than 1 millimeter and can swim underwater for months powered only by light.
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Miniaturization has long been a challenge in the history of robotics.
While engineers have made great strides in the miniaturization of electronics in the past few decades, builders of miniature aut