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Tiny Robots Smaller Than 1 Centimeter Being Developed At The University Of Maryland

The University of Maryland’s Microrobotics Laboratory is producing robots on an “ant-scale”, which basically means building robots that are less than 1 centimeter in size.

Instead of focusing on building larger robots as many in the robotics industry seem to be concerned with, Maryland engineers working on this project are attempting to create technologies utilizing tiny robots but have just as many practical applications as large robots.

Efficient robot movement is the primary focus of Maryland’s Microrobotics Laboratory in hopes that techniques implemented in tiny robots will someday be used on a larger scale.

According to Sarah Bergbreiter, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland, “By combining small actuation mechanisms with low power, we could stand to improve things like camera pills, or catheters.”

Refining precision and low power among these tiny robots could lead to a wide range of applications in the medical field.

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