Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Micro-robots and Nano-robots

Micro robots are intelligent machines that operate at micron scales. The micron sized robots were fabricated and assembled by tools and processes developed by IRIS researchers. Many of these systems are used for robotic exploration within biological domains, such as in the investigation of molecular structures, cellular systems, and complex organism behaviour.

Nano-robots remain in the realm of science fiction, though research efforts related to small-scale robotics are beginning to approach these dimensions. Nano robots are robots that are Nano scale in size or large robots capable of manipulating objects that have dimensions in the nanoscale range with Nano meter resolution. Nano robotic manipulation is an enabling technology for Nano electromechanical Systems or NEMS.