Schmidt, O.G., Bandari, V.K. & McCaskill, J.S. It is either body or brain first when building autonomous microrobots. Nat Electron 9, 2–4 (2026).

“Microscopic robots (microrobots) with integrated electronic chips have a range of potential medical, environmental and industrial applications. However, such systems have only recently become mass-producible, using either a body-first or a brain-first approach to fabrication.”

Schmidt, O.G., Bandari, V.K. & McCaskill, J.S. It is either body or brain first when building autonomous microrobots. Nat Electron 9, 2–4 (2026).