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Northwestern University engineers create world’s smallest walking robot

Smaller than a flea, tiny robotic crab sits next to the eye of a sewing needle.

Northwestern University engineers create world’s smallest walking robot

By  Christian Elliott
   

Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled robotic crab that could one day help with surgeries inside the human body.

Reset learns about the tiny critter and other robotic creations from Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering.

GUEST: John Rogers, Northwestern University professor of materials science, biomedical engineering and neurological surgery

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