Berkeley, California - US-based researchers have created a robot that can use its body shape to move through a densely cluttered environment. The team from the University of California, Berkeley based ...

Can a robot learn to navigate like a cockroach? To help researchers find out if a mechanical device can mimic the pesky insect's behavior, a Johns Hopkins engineering student has built a flexible, ...

A cockroach-inspired robot can handle complicated and bumpy terrain. It could be used for surveying earthquake rubble or even other planets. The robot, called Omni-Roach, has a rounded body, wings ...

Robots need to think like cockroaches if they want to walk up and down stairs, an international conference will hear this week. Neuroscientist Professor Roy Ritzmann and robot researcher Professor ...

Michael Tiemann is president of the Open Source Initiative and vice president of open source affairs at Red Hat. Disclosure. The New York Times reported last week that led by robots, roaches abandon ...

Berkeley - A cockroach-like robot named RHex is the starting point for a major project to understand animals' most distinguishing trait - how they move without falling over. The National Science ...

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Researchers have found a way to get rid of cockroaches over a meter away with the help of a robot. The robot was programmed to shoot laser beams to zap cockroaches up to 1.2 meters in the distance.

When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach. Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the remarkable ability to squish their bodies ...