{"id":11749,"date":"2016-02-09T07:39:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T13:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=11749"},"modified":"2016-02-09T07:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T13:39:40","slug":"robot-cockroaches-for-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/09\/robot-cockroaches-for-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot Cockroaches (For Real)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"headline\">\n<div class=\"d1-title-container\">\n<div class=\"d1-subhead-container\">\n<p class=\"d1-subhead\"><em><strong>OK, I am giving away my age, but do any of you guys remember the Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons movie Runaway from 1984? OK, before you read this article, watch this clip below&#8230; I think it is hilarious to see how people over 30 years ago saw the future and actually nailed it in some respects! -SF<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"d1-subhead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r15ZpOIHxYA\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/r15ZpOIHxYA<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"d1-subhead\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11750\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/defense-large-1.jpg?w=620\" alt=\"defense-large (1)\" width=\"620\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"d1-subhead\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"inner-inner\">Biologically inspired robot bugs could be the next big thing in intelligence collection.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p><strong>Researchers from Berkeley today announced the creation\u00a0<\/strong>of a robot cockroach, called the compressible robot with articulated mechanisms, or <span class=\"caps\">CRAM<\/span>, funded in part by the Army Research Laboratory under the Micro Autonomous System and Technology or <span class=\"caps\">MAST<\/span>,\u00a0program.<\/p>\n<p>Why does the military need roboroaches? Put aside your feelings of revulsion toward <em>periplaneta americana<\/em>and consider for a moment the design miracle that is the American cockroach. Ever seen a cockroach scurry from the light into an incredibly tight crevice? The American cockroach is about stands 12.52 mm tall but can squeeze itself down to as small as 3 mm in height, about two stacked pennies, when it has to find cover. That shape change doesn\u2019t even slow the bug down when it\u00a0runs.<\/p>\n<p>The Berkeley creation is larger, about palm-sized, but still possess this unique, shape-shifting trait. \u201cLike the animal, the robot successfully locomotes in vertically confined spaces by compressing its body in half (54%; 75\u201335 mm) and benefits from possessing a low friction shell,\u201d the authors write in their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/cgi\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.1514591113\">paper<\/a>, which appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science today. \u201cWe have been able to make our palm-sized, confined-space crawling robot completely autonomous in power and control, while weighing just 46 g including onboard electronics and\u00a0battery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">CRAM<\/span> it isn\u2019t the military\u2019s first foray into robotic or semi-robotic insects. The robot fly funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or <span class=\"caps\">DARPA<\/span>, in the video below weighs just 60 milligrams and stands at 3 centimeters tall. But steering\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/technology\/2014\/12\/military-wants-smarter-insect-spy-drones\/101970\/\">remains a real\u00a0issue.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the Remainder and See Other Video Clips at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/technology\/2016\/02\/army-has-made-robot-cockroach\/125766\/?oref=defenseone_today_nl\">Defense One<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper huge wysiwyg\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I am giving away my age, but do any of you guys remember the Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons movie Runaway from 1984? 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