You wouldn’t want to find one in your shoe, but clever cockroaches have inspired the latest robot designs that could end up being used for search and rescue missions. Using high-speed cameras, ...

ADELPHI, Md. (Feb. 10, 2016) -- Supported by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley researchers have developed a small, crawling robot that mimics a cockroach's ability ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People use a lot of words to describe the reviled cockroach: disgusting, ugly, sneaky and repulsive, to name a few. But it may be time to add a surprising new one: inspirational ...

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 ...

The is the Compressible Robot with Articulated Mechanisms -- also known as CRAM. It has a trick: it can squeeze into some really tight spaces. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley ...

Many a mother has said, with a sigh, "If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump too?" The answer, for cockroaches at least, may well be yes. Researchers using robotic roaches were able to ...

Cyborg cockroaches that find earthquake survivors. A “robofly” that sniffs out gas leaks. Flying lightning bugs that pollinate farms in space. These aren’t just buzzy ideas, they’re becoming reality.

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 ...

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have constructed an AI-powered robot trained to kill pesky cockroaches with a deadly laser. And we can’t help but wonder: why couldn’t they have ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A multi-legged robot inspired by everyday bugs could soon come to ...

Scientists in China have found a way to mass-produce cyborg cockroaches. In fact, a new study shows that scientists have found a way to create these electronically improved insects every 68 seconds ...

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.