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Detailed explanation-1: -A doctoral research student at the University of Texas has built the world’s smallest medical robot that cannot be seen with the human eye. Creation of Soutik Betal, the robot measures 120 nanometer and has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for its negligible size, Fast Company reports.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nanorobots are even more minute-smaller than a millionth of a metre, or about a 100th the width of a hair. In other words, microrobots are roughly bacteria sized, while nanorobots are about the size of a virus.

Detailed explanation-3: -The quarter-sized “Piccolissimo” is-officially-the world’s smallest self-powered flying robot.

Detailed explanation-4: -Standing 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in) tall, 4.27 m (14 ft) long and 4 m (13 ft 1 in) wide, Sakakibara Kikai’s beast named MONONOFU (meaning “samurai warrior” in Japanese) holds a Guinness World Records title for the largest humanoid vehicle.

Detailed explanation-5: -Soutik. The magnetoelectric nanorobot invented by Prof. Soutik has received the Guinness World record for the smallest robot.