This Russian Robotic Cockroach Will Impress You
The new robotic cockroach from Russia will surely impress all of you. According to Russian web portal Sputnik News, this (see pic below) robotic cockroach was built for an unknown organisation by the scientists and engineers at the <a href="https://eng.kantiana.ru/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">eng.kantiana.ru</a> in a span of just seven months. The client organisation wanted to create a bio-inspired robot that will mimic three characteristics: the robot should be similar to cockroach, should match the physical size and also have behavior similar to that of a living one.
Chief designer of the project and professor at the University, Alexei Belousov said that the biggest challenge was to strike a balance between the three characteristics. He informed that the engineers at University of Berkeley have been developing a similar miniature machine for the last four years and have developed one that's faster than theirs. However, that robot cannot turn while moving and is not like a real cockroach.
Belousov and his team were asked to make a robot that would be similar to a living cockroach within a given time-span and budget. The team decided on the South American species of cockroaches named Blaberus Giganteus; but it was very difficult to find it in Kaliningrad. The team therefore decided to work with Blaberus Craniifer - a specie that is identical to Giganteus in appearance and bio-mechanics but different only in size.
Engineers studied the cockroach for two months and noted all its characteristics, habits and other important movement patterns. The final product is a robot that is 10 cm in length with ability to move at 30 cm per second. It's equipped with photosensitive sensors, contact sensors so that it can detect obstacles and avoid them. The robot can be controlled using an app installed on the smartphone.
The team has began working on the navigation system integrated on the robotic cockroach. With its new navigation system, the cockroach will be able to move on a programmed path. It will make use of an accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer to achieve its goal. The robot only weighs about 10 grams and has a battery backup of about 20 minutes.
This cockroach robot, as you'd guess, can reach out to places which are otherwise impossible to reach. Equipped with camera, they can provide lot of information at disaster hit places and may generate interest from the military. The researchers are also making a camouflage that'd make it look very real.
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Chief designer of the project and professor at the University, Alexei Belousov said that the biggest challenge was to strike a balance between the three characteristics. He informed that the engineers at University of Berkeley have been developing a similar miniature machine for the last four years and have developed one that's faster than theirs. However, that robot cannot turn while moving and is not like a real cockroach.
Belousov and his team were asked to make a robot that would be similar to a living cockroach within a given time-span and budget. The team decided on the South American species of cockroaches named Blaberus Giganteus; but it was very difficult to find it in Kaliningrad. The team therefore decided to work with Blaberus Craniifer - a specie that is identical to Giganteus in appearance and bio-mechanics but different only in size.
Engineers studied the cockroach for two months and noted all its characteristics, habits and other important movement patterns. The final product is a robot that is 10 cm in length with ability to move at 30 cm per second. It's equipped with photosensitive sensors, contact sensors so that it can detect obstacles and avoid them. The robot can be controlled using an app installed on the smartphone.
The team has began working on the navigation system integrated on the robotic cockroach. With its new navigation system, the cockroach will be able to move on a programmed path. It will make use of an accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer to achieve its goal. The robot only weighs about 10 grams and has a battery backup of about 20 minutes.
This cockroach robot, as you'd guess, can reach out to places which are otherwise impossible to reach. Equipped with camera, they can provide lot of information at disaster hit places and may generate interest from the military. The researchers are also making a camouflage that'd make it look very real.
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