New technique tattoos tardigrades for future micro-robot applications

The technology may one day be used to create cyborg micro-robots that perform biomedical functions via sensors or other electronics printed directly onto their bodies. 

How Microrobots Will Fix Our Roads

Swarms of microrobots will scuttle along beneath our roads and pavements, finding and fixing leaky pipes and faulty cables. That is, if a new project sponsored by the U.K. government is a success.