# Tiny robot harvests battery power via skin on its feet

> Researchers have developed a paper-thin foot membrane that lets crawling microrobots harvest electricity directly from the ground beneath them, ditching heavy onboard batteries by turning metal and silicon surfaces into…

- **Source:** [Newatlas](https://newatlas.com/robotics/robot-harvests-power-skin-feet-membrane/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6ac70bf7916412d2b7712b6d)
- **Published:** 2026-10-08
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #surface
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6ac70bf7916412d2b7712b6d

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