Being skinny isn’t always the answer. By giving a robot cockroach a rounded back, it became much better at navigating narrow gaps, as shown in the video above. Although a streamlined shape is key to ...

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 ...

What makes many animals run faster and better than robots or humans? Robots run faster than humans due to better agility, robustness, and range. Believe it or not, robot cockroaches can assist ...

Envisioning armies of electronically controllable insects is probably nightmare fuel for most people. But scientists think they could help rescue workers scour challenging and hazardous terrain. An ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Gross, yet sadly intriguing. If any of you try this mod/hack/disgusting feat - let us know, and take pictures. “Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine” is a cockroach-controlled ...