Self -sufficient micror robots in the swarm

Self -sufficient micror robots in the swarm

One of the modular micro robots developed at the TU Chemnitz on a fingertip. © Jacob Müller

They are only around one millimeter small, but can move through the water independently, communicate with each other and come together to form larger colonies: we are not talking about living beings, but of new micror robots. The “Smartlets” developed at the TU Chemnitz produce their energy using tiny organic solar cells and communicate optically by means of

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