Brains on Board

A collaborative effort has installed electronic “brains”

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Solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometres in size

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maller than an ant's head

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have electronic "brains"

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mplanted as part of a joint effort so they may move independently without being controlled externally

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While Cornell researchers and others have created microscopic machines in the past that can crawl

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swim, walk, and fold themselves up, there have always been "strings attached

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in order to generate motion, wires were used to provide electrical current

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or laser beams had to be directly focused onto specific locations on the robots

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Brains on Board

A collaborative effort has installed electronic “brains”

Brain Chip

Solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometres in size

Brain Chip

maller than an ant's head

Brain Chip

have electronic "brains"

Brain Chip

mplanted as part of a joint effort so they may move independently without being controlled externally

Brain Chip

While Cornell researchers and others have created microscopic machines in the past that can crawl

Brain Chip

swim, walk, and fold themselves up, there have always been "strings attached

Brain Chip

in order to generate motion, wires were used to provide electrical current

Brain Chip

or laser beams had to be directly focused onto specific locations on the robots

Brain Chip