Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot
Apr 18th, 2006 by Neo
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Not too long ago, I made a post on Mind Control Playing Pong - No Mouse, No Keyboard, No Joystick!, that was bizarre. This time, what about something more bizarre? Something about cockroaches?
A gigantic cockroach!
Let me introduce you to the Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot.
Crowd watching the Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot in action.
This is an experimental mechanism that uses a living Madagascan cockroach on top of a modified trackball to control a three-wheeled robot. For example, if the cockroach moves left, the robot moves left. When sensors on the robot detect an immobile object ahead, such as a wall, a bright light flashes at the cockroach; as she scuttles away from the light, the robot moves away from the wall.
Watch this video. Amazed?
For more information, please visit this comprehensive page about the project. There you can read more about the researcher, Garnet Hertz, stories about the cockroaches, interesting facts about the robot, development about the project and more.
Tagged: cockroach, robot, artificial intelligence, science, research
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Arggghh…
The cockroach must be wondering what’s happening!
Damnnn!!! i hate cockroaches!!!!
Yucks!
squash it!
yucks, I hate cockroaches too..
Each time I see cockroaches, I will not hesistate to kill them.. on the spot !
OMG…. how can you hold that cockroache -__-… i hate cockroaches too… especially those can fly… OMG OMG
I hate cockroaches too. Every time I see one, I spray it with Ridsect!
aprilcherrie,
Hehe, not my hand
OMg, i tot is your hand and just want to ask you where you got that big of cockroache, >_
OMGG!! i luv cocroackes !! they good figns to be!!! eta goff!!!!!!!
lol
cokroajes r kol
Your hand is full of bacteria and salmonella by holding those little creature.
We play a game at my brother’s house…everyone gets a squirt bottle and when someone sees a cockroach… WE SHOOT IT! Quick draw…those little suckerz are FAST! But this type of cockroach is different and usually seen as a pet, not a pest. Silly peoples.