Roaches Run so Robots Can Amble (VIDEO)

Georgia Institute of Technology

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Eeewww, a cockroach! Then it zips off before the swatter appears. Now, researchers have leveraged the bug's superb scurrying skills to create a cleverly simple method to assess and improve locomotion in robots.

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Georgia Tech / Adam Karcz / Ben Brumfield / Sponberg / Neveln

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