from GizMag
By Jan Belezina
16:08 May 22, 2012
Building robots out of bubbles is an intriguing idea in its own right, but propelling them with lasers is just plain crazy. The bubble microrobots, devised by the researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, have no mechanical parts whatsoever, but can nevertheless be manipulated with very high precision. Combined into complex robotic systems, they could potentially be used to assemble larger objects, such as biological cells. . . . Read Complete Report
from youtube
One of the microrobots can be seen in action in the video below.
Source: University of Hawaii via ieee spectrum
