Robots to Rid Us of Cockroaches?

unassimilatible writes "It behaves like a cockroach. It smells like a cockroach. It is accepted by other cockroaches. But it is not a cockroach. It is a robot and scientists say its invention is a breakthrough in mankind's struggle to control the animal kingdom. The Sunday Times is reporting on a cool form of robotics, impersonating (inanimalnating?) animals. Leurre is a project on building and controlling mixed societies composed of animals and artificial agents. Within a decade, its inventors believe, it will be leading the unwanted pests out of dark kitchen corners, to where they can be eliminated. Additionally, they say they will soon be using robots to stop sheep jumping off cliffs and to encourage chickens to take exercise. Schematics, tools, and pictures here. Apparently, cockroaches do not wear tinfoil hats, as they are not smart enough to be suspicious of box-shaped circuit boards with an antennae sticking out."

Comments

'control or kill' the animal kingdom.

[davro]

It behaves like a cockroach, i bet it don`t. It smells like a cockroach, come on dude. It is accepted by other cockroaches, now you having a laugh, is it allowed to the secret cockroach raves, i don`t think so. But it is not a cockroach, well your right there. Let be honest we don`t want to control the animal kingdom we either want to kill the animal for either food or clothes or such.