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Imagine a future where microscopic robots swim through water, sensing, thinking, and communicating with each other—no wires, no external control. This future is beginning now. Scientists at Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany have developed “smartlets”—millimeter-sized microrobots that can sense, move, and communicate autonomously inside water. Published in *Science Robotics*, this breakthrough marks a major step toward creating self-contained, intelligent robotic swarms.

Each smartlet is powered by a miniature solar cell, controlled by a silicon chiplet, and equipped with micro-LEDs and photodiodes for optical communication. These robots exchange light pulses to “talk,” allowing them to coordinate like digital colonies. Built using an origami-inspired folding technique, smartlets are compact yet multifunctional, featuring internal chambers that help them float and move using tiny gas bubbles.

Potential applications include environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and microscopic inspections in hard-to-reach places. In the future, they could even mimic living organisms—cooperating like biological colonies to perform collective tasks.

Though challenges remain in scaling, durability, and communication, smartlets represent a remarkable fusion of biology and technology. They are more than machines—they’re a glimpse of a future where intelligence emerges from networks of tiny, talking robots shaping the world at the microscopic level.

Reference: 
Yeji Lee et al., Si chiplet–controlled 3D modular microrobots with smart communication in natural aqueous environments.Sci. Robot.10,eadu6007(2025).DOI:10.1126/scirobotics.adu6007

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