The Nanobot Frontier: How Cornell’s Autonomous, Salt-Sized Robots Are Learning to Walk

The Nanobot Frontier: How Cornell’s Autonomous, Salt-Sized Robots Are Learning to Walk

ITHACA, N.Y. – In the quiet, controlled environment of a Cornell University laboratory, a new form of life is taking its first steps. Invisible to the naked eye and smaller than a single grain of salt, these microscopic machines are not biological. They are fully autonomous robots, complete with onboard electronic brains, actuators for legs, and photovoltaic cells that serve as a rudimentary metabolism, converting light into the electricity that…