Is There a Russian Robot Roach in Your House?
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/02/2015 - 16:09
Providing new meaning to the old saying, “the Russians are coming” these 4-inch long robot roaches are modeled after the Blaberus Cranifercockroach. Equipped with photo-sensitive and contact sensors, they can avoid objects on 20 minute walks. Designed by Danil Borchevkin and Aleksey Belousov of Kaliningrad's Kant University, these cyber insects can pack additional sensor payloads (e.g., streaming video cam) of up to 10g in weight. and have a ground speed of up to a foot a second. It is reported the Russian military may take an interest in these as potential spy bots. More