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Boston University surgeons demonstrate that a surgical robot can remove the caudate lobe of the liver safely, offering less pain and faster recovery for cancer patients.

Researchers create reusable tiny machine whose propulsion and carrying sections join by DNA links and perform targeted chemical tasks such as drug production at chosen sites.

After learning to perform surgery by watching videos of experienced human surgeons, a robot performed as well as human surgeons.

Advanced robotic platform combines artificial intelligence, real-time imaging, and patient-specific planning to improve precision and safety in complex spine procedures.

These tiny robots, around the size of a rice grain, are controlled by magnetic fields and are safe to use inside the body. 

Researchers develop small living robots called AggreBots from human lung cells that move using hair-like structures, with potential for medical uses inside the body.

Researchers have developed a soft toroidal micro-robot with light-steerable motion in a variety of viscous fluid environments.

The new hydrogel can be shaped into complex tiny structures that respond instantly to magnets, enabling future uses in targeted medicine and miniature devices.

A research team led by Caltech has made bioresorbable acoustic microrobots and successfully used these bots to shrink bladder tumors in mice.

A micron-sized robot can reach and study tiny places, like inside tissue samples, to take pictures and measure tiny forces.