Cockroaches offer inspiration for running robots
Friday, January 1, 2010 - 06:21
in Mathematics & Economics
The sight of a cockroach scurrying for cover may be nauseating, but the insect is also a biological and engineering marvel, and is providing researchers at Oregon State University with what they call 'bioinspiration' in a quest to build the world's first legged robot that is capable of running effortlessly over rough terrain...