We've all tried to kill a cockroach only to watch it scurry away at a super-fast pace. One of nature's creepiest insects, as it turns out, has inspired reseachers to create a very tiny robot that ...

It’s also almost as hardy as a real cockroach, as the researchers repeatedly applied pressure to it by stepping on it. “Most of the robots at this particular small scale are very fragile.

The sight of a cockroach on the run may strike fear into your heart, but what if it were running to save you? That’s what researchers at UC Berkeley had in mind when they designed CRAM, a robot ...

To figure out how a group of small-brained insects is able to perform tasks of great complexity, scientists infiltrated a band of cockroaches with robotic ringers.

Robots that mimic the way cockroaches can scuttle through teeny-tiny cracks might one day help first responders locate and rescue disaster victims trapped in debris, researchers say.

Still, a cockroach-inspired robot can be unsettling. So I’ve come up with a way to make it a bit more palatable. Instead of imaging it running up your bedroom walls, ...

To explore how groups of cockroaches make collective decisions, scientists have created a robotic cockroach that the real insects accept as one of their own. The robot doesn't look anything like a ...

CRAM, the cockroach-inspired robot that can keep moving even when squished to half its size. Tom Libby, Kaushik Jayaram and Pauline Jennings – courtesy of PolyPEDAL Lab, UC Berkeley.

Researchers build a robot that moves more like a cockroach. When they turn up in family pantries or restaurant kitchens, cockroaches are commonly despised as ugly, unhealthy pests and are quickly ...

Kessens said cockroach-inspired, self-righting robots would be a valuable asset on the battlefield. "Soldiers have reported tip-over of existing robotic systems as a significant issue," he said.

It's just one model in a suite of robotic cockroaches designed and developed by the same team. One model is able to both withstand weight up to 900 times its own body weight, as well as run at ...

Most people find cockroaches repulsive, but not John Schmitt. A mechanical engineer at Oregon State University, Schmitt is using the leggy pests as a model for futuristic robots that can run ...