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Robot developed that’s smaller than a flea

Scientists at Northwestern University in the United States have developed 3D remote-controlled robots that can walk, turn and jump and are less than 1mm in size.

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25 May 2022

Medical technology

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The Nao robot

Could this little robot help rehabilitate stroke patients?

Ocado has added robotic arms to its newest warehouse near Luton.

Watch Ocado robots in action

A green laser shining amongst others lights on the ground

Footage shows laser being shone at plane

Robot dog in Oregon

Robot dog trains to walk on Moon in Oregon trials

Robbie, Ian Hamilton and Major

Meet Robbie, the walking talking robot guide dog

Photo of the robot dog, which is white and black, on the ground near some trees

Robotic dog to carry out roadside surveys

A fighting robot operated by VR

A VR-controlled robot that throws boxing punches

Doug Whitelaw

Operating surgery robot 'like flying a plane'

Beds, Herts & Bucks

Robots at Amazon picking warehouse

Watch: Robot workforce picks customer deliveries

Beds, Herts & Bucks

Robot wolf

The robot wolves trying to scare off Japan's bears

Robot arms next to surgery team in an operating theatre performing surgery

Robotic surgeon celebrates its 10,000th procedure

Robo dog

Robo dog deployed in New York parking garage collapse

Robotic hand holds human hand

Watch: 3D-printed hand senses how to grasp objects

Robotic seal's face.

'Robot' seal used to help vulnerable people

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Robots deliver groceries to Co-op shoppers

Artwork: Robotic arm

Concept to deorbit defunct British satellite

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Robot at solid state and then when melted

Shape-shifting robot melts itself to escape lab jail

Two warehouse workers wear a yellow exoskeleton to help them carry a blue wooden palette.

Exoskeletons help take the strain of heavy lifting

Reporter trying to interview food delivery robot

'I think they're the cutest things'

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Delivery robot

Robot supermarket delivery trial launches

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BBC Scotland's Judith Ralston says there is also a weather warning as high winds are expected to hit the Western Isles and the north-west

Storm Bert brings rain and high winds on Sunday

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning until 07:00 on Sunday for some parts of Scotland

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With some travel disruption, children and dogs have been enjoying the cold weather

Watch: Scotland under a blanket of snow from Storm Bert

Children and dogs have been enjoying the cold weather despite the freezing conditions.

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People in high-vis jackets walk next to a car submerged in floods on the left of a split screen with a snowy road on the right

Atmospheric river dumps snow and record rain on California

The weather event has multiplied damages from the 'bomb cyclone' seen in the US north-west earlier this week.

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A man walks in front of an uprooted tree, the roots of which tower over him

Fallen trees cause widespread damage after bomb cyclone

Two people died in the storm that hit the West coast of the US and Canada overnight.

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A yellow alert for high winds gusting up to 60 mph (97km/h) covers the whole of Scotland

Weather forecast ahead of Storm Ashley

A yellow alert for high winds gusting up to 60 mph (97km/h) covers the whole of Scotland.

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The Hunter's supermoon is seen shining brightly between two buildings, as the moon shines through London's skyline on 17 OCtober

Stargazers around the world catch supermoon

The brightness of the moon would allow ancient communities to increase hunting at this time of year - hence the name.

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SpaceX's Super Heavy booster fires out of its exhaust at the bottom of the rocket itself while it lands into the rocket launcher holder that it fired out of, during SpaceX Starship's fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2024

Watch: Why is the latest SpaceX rocket test a big deal?

The BBC's Pallab Ghosh explores why this world first test is a big deal for space exploration.

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SpaceX Starship booster caught in mid air

Watch astonishing moment Starship booster caught in mid-air 'chopsticks manoeuvre'

It’s the first time the "chopsticks manoeuvre" has been attempted, with previous boosters landing in the ocean.

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Split screen showing weather presenter giving remote update and Hurricane Milton satellite image

Meteorologist becomes emotional giving Hurricane Milton update

The weather system has rapidly intensified into a category five storm with winds of up to 175mph (281km/h).

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Suni Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore grin as they float aboard the International Space Station

'Space is my happy place,' says stranded astronaut

Suni Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore gave an update from the ISS on their extended stay in space.

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Sarah Gillis emerges from a capsule into dark space

Watch: Key moments from first non-professional spacewalk

Isaacman said the Earth looked like a "perfect world" as he stepped out into space for the first time.

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Bow of Titanic missing section of railing

Video shows Titanic missing large section of railing

The discovery was made during a series of dives by underwater robots this summer.

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A video grab shows the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) flickering over the earth's surface with the moon setting in the background, and parts of the Internation Space Station (ISS) visible in the foreground. The Earth's curvature can be seen as it rotates

Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space

A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora.

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Pink and green Northern Lights hang in the sky above a car in a field

Timelapse shows Northern Lights glowing above Wisconsin

The footage reveals the light show that concurred with the Perseid meteor shower earlier this week.

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The Titan Arum plant took 12 years before it successfully flowered in the venue's Glasshouse in 2015.

Rare 'corpse flower' blooms in botanical gardens

The Titan Arum plant produces a stench that has been compared to decaying flesh or smelly socks.

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Column of fire after rocket sets off from launch pad

Moment Ariane-6 rocket blasts into space on first flight

The vehicle set off from a launchpad in French Guiana on a demonstration mission.

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High winds and waves on coast

High winds and heavy rain as Caribbean hit by hurricane

Hurricane Beryl has made landfall with floods in Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada.

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Humpback whale's tail

Why scientists are using a crossbow to study whales

Researchers use the device to take remote biopsies from wild humpback whales to monitor their health.

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Female duck and chicks

Duckling family march to safety at Hardwick Hall

The annual duck march has been a tradition at Sedgefield’s Hardwick Hall Hotel for the past 24 years.

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Mountain lion in Los Angeles

Video captures new mountain lion spotted in Hollywood

While the giant cats are native to California, it is rare for them to make their way into the city of Los Angeles.

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