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Swimming Cockroach Robot Developed

Posted by simoniker on from the vermin-no-more dept.

Onnimikki writes "The Ambulatory Robotics Lab at McGill University has made a six-legged swimming cockroach robot as part of Project Aqua. The robot is a waterproof version of the RHex robot, whose inspiration is the biomimetic work by Bob Full of Gecko glue fame. Other cool stuff from the ARL page includes a waddling bipedal RHex, and the world's first galloping robot."

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  1. Sticky situation by billybob2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    inspiration is the biomimetic work by Bob Full of Gecko glue fame.

    Why is he full of Gecko glue?

    Talk about getting stuck into your work...

  2. Re:Fun by billybob2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scaring my mum/sister/girlfriend.

    The scary thing is, you're talking about one woman

  3. Eeaaaargh!!!! by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    *hits cockroach with shoe*

    What? Why is everyone looking at me like that?

  4. I've been slashdotted! YEAH! I'm so proud! by dannycim · · Score: 5, Funny


    Came in this morning, tried to login to squirrelmail.... Hmmmm... very slow... Get to the web server.... Hummmm... Lotsa httpd processes... Hummmmm...

    tcpdump -i eth0 -n port 80...

    Hmmmm... The console scrolls non-stop! Arrrgh! Am I being DOS'ed!?!?!?!?

    Thanks slashdot, you made me panic for a while. Hope somebody mirrored the pages cuz' I can't handle this load without being prepared for it.

    Please check again in a few days if you're really intereseted.

    --
    Danny, McGill CIM SysAdmin.