Name: The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots
Uploaded: 2014-06-05T15:09:06Z
Duration: 4 min 54 s
Description: How can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full takes a look at the incredible body of the cockroach to show what it can teach robotics engineers.

How can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full takes a look at the incredible body of the cockroach to show what it can teach robotics engineers.

Robert Full: The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

Cockroaches teach us about robustness: their legs allow stabilization over rough terrain without brainpower, timestamp: 30.

Cockroaches compress their bodies by over 40% and withstand forces 800 times their weight, inspiring versatile robotics, timestamp: 255.

Cockroaches' robust exoskeletons inspire robots that can squeeze through gaps as small as 3mm, demonstrating unprecedented adaptability.