The department aims to understand the underlying principles of physical intelligence of single and collectives of biological organisms at milli- and micrometer length scales, and realize advanced physical intelligence capabilities on small-scale mobile robots using such principles. As the societal and translational research mission, the team aims to apply these tiny robots as minimally invasive and implantable wireless medical robots inside our body to revolutionize medicine and healthcare. The highly interdisciplinary team has expertise in robotics, micro/nanotechnology, materials science, engineering, physics, biology, chemistry, and medicine. Until 2023, Metin Sitti headed the Physical Intelligence Department. He is now President of Koç University and a Guest Scientists at MPI-IS