For many people, cockroaches are disgusting pests and should be dealt with immediately when spotted. These are dangerous creatures that spoil food, spread pathogens, and cause psychological distress (especially when one begins to spread its wings and fly). But looking at them through the lens of science and technology, they are wonderful creatures and could be sources of inspiration.
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Check out this cockroach-inspired robot developed by scientists from Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
HAMR-JR is a half-scale version of the cockroach-inspired harvard ambulatory microrobot or HAMR. About the size of a penny, HAMR-JR can’t climb up the waterspout yet but it can run, jump, carry heavy payloads and turn into a dime, making it one of the most dexterous microrobots to date.
Most robots at this scale are pretty simple and only demonstrate basic mobility,’ Kaushik Jayaram, a former postdoctoral fellow at SEAS and wyss and first author of the paper comments. ‘We have shown that you don’t have to compromise dexterity or control for size.’
Head over at DesignBoom for more details about this robot.
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Source: neatorama