The sight of a scurrying cockroach is a terror to some and an insect death wish to most. Unless, that is, you are the type of person that finds the bug and its six ...

If it was chasing you, it sounds the stuff of nightmares: A robot that can bound around a maze, swerving and pivoting with what its creators claim is the “agility of a cheetah,” avoiding obstacles and ...

A cockroach might be the key to a scientific breakthrough in robot technology. Researchers at UC Berkeley developed a small-sized robot based on the unique movements and capabilities of the insect, ...

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 wonders of technology have now yielded a tiny robot that not only resembles a cockroach but, like that pest, is incredibly fast and very, very hard to destroy. Yichuan Wu, one of the UC Berkeley ...

Being one of the toughest and fastest insects in the world, the American cockroach is often considered a pest, and many people pay big bucks just to keep them out of their homes. But don't stomp on ...

Considering their relatively tiny size, cockroaches are pretty darn invincible. Having evolved as scavengers able to operate in some seriously unsanitary conditions, these natural survivors have a ...

Robots are becoming more advanced, especially the little ones. Now there are tiny robots that, among other increasingly impressive things, can move like spiders (that you can build yourself), and that ...

IEEE Spectrum writes of a small resilient robot created by Paul Birkmeyer and Prof. Ronald Fearing at the Biomimetic Millisystems Lab at UC Berkeley. Aptly called DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled ...

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, ...