Homepage Newsroom Robotics A new concept for self-assembling micromachines July 16, 2019 Materials Science (A&A) Materials Sciences (M&T) Robotics Polarisable microrobots components can be designed to find each other in an electric field more “Air taxis are coming soon” February 19, 2019 Complex Systems (A&A) Robotics Heinrich H. Bülthoff, retired director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, talks about personal aviation and urban air mobility more A beacon of light for artificial intelligence July 13, 2017 Research Policy Robotics The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems is celebrating the opening of its new building in Tübingen more Motion-directed robots on a micro scale September 30, 2016 Materials Sciences (M&T) Robotics Microswimmers capped with carbon on one side can be propelled and steered by light more Shape-programmable miniscule robots September 26, 2016 Chemistry (M&T) Complex Systems (A&A) Materials Sciences (M&T) Robotics Soft materials that can use magnetic fields to generate desired time-varying shapes could provide an engine for microswimmers more Show more