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Swimming Cockroach Robot Developed

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. swimming penis bird developed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. No wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So THATS why I have all those cockroaches swimming around my rectum!

  3. Still no cure for cancer... by PPGMD · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just what we always needed a swimming cockroach.

  4. 22nd post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  5. Re:Buoyancy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And unless you fill the tank with salt water or, perhaps, lime jello, the density of water is pretty much the same everywhere :-)

    Erm... huh? The deeper you go, the denser it gets.