Robot Cockroaches Fool the Real Things

Posted by Miss Cellania in Science & Tech on November 19, 2007 at 12:01 am


150_cockroacheslgResearchers in Belgium infiltrated cockroach colonies with robots in order to study their group behavior. The robots didn’t look much like cockroaches, but the roaches didn’t mind as long as they smelled right. Not only were the robots accepted as fellow cockroaches, but they became leaders and influenced the groups’ behavior! Link


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4 comments to "Robot Cockroaches Fool the Real Things"

  1. Alex
    November 19th, 2007 at 12:14 am

    I actually heard it on NPR! They were talking about the robot leading the cockroaches into a trap just like the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

  2. Dim67
    November 19th, 2007 at 12:45 am

    No offense, but next time put up a warning about the embedded quicktime movie, this crashes a lot of browsers.

  3. Dim67
    November 19th, 2007 at 12:46 am

    oops, this was meant for the concrete-man movie.

  4. Slippy Lane
    December 9th, 2007 at 9:07 am

    Come, my tiny cockroach army, for tonight we take over the world! Muahahahahahaaaaaa!


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