July 20, 2008

The Sunday Star-Leger                             Pg 015,

By ZOE ELIZABETH BUCK McClatchy-Tribune News Service

... Donald is doing as shrinking a factory to the size of a computer chip," Fearing said. "The microrobots are like little workers and machinery that can build things and fix things in the factory. This is really neat when you're talking about components that can't be handled by hand." With so many potential applications, the future of the robots is unclear. "The size is obviously a significant achievement," said Dan Popa, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the Automation...