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There are some interesting goings on at UPenn/UMich. They have created small autonomous mobile robots sized at 200 by 300 by 50 microns. There is an onboard CPU, solar panels and a propulsion system. Admittedly it is a press release based article but the claim is: "the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense and respond to their surroundings, operate for months and cost just a penny each"

This is innovative stuff - and an interesting read.

 https://www.seas.upenn.edu/stories/penn-and-umich-create-worlds-smallest-programmable-autonomous-robots/ 

# posted by OfItselfSo @ 8:22 AM