Russia has successfully built a cockroach robot

Russian scientists and engineers at the Federal University Immanuel Kant Baltic have created a cockroach robot using bio-inspired technology.

Russia built a robotic cockroach robot

Bio-inspired engineering is the pinnacle of unity in the life sciences with engineering and physical sciences.

The creation of robots loosened 7 months. A Russian organization has placed orders for the initiative and wants the robots to have three main characteristics. It will have the same exterior as a cockroach, it must have the physical dimensions of a cockroach and it should behave as closely as a live cockroach as possible.

Robot cockroaches.

"Perhaps the most difficult thing is to find a balance between these three characteristics," said Alexei Belousov, a professor at the academy and chief designer, developer of mechanical and electronic components . , at the University of Berkeley for four years, they worked to analyze the cockroaches' maneuverability so their robots are faster than ours, but it does not know how to turn directions while on the move and actually Not a real cockroach. "

As a result, the basis for the prototype was chosen. It is a South American cockroach called blaberus giganteus. However, it was not possible to find it in Kaliningrad and to be able to study, so the team worked with Blaberus Craniifer: cockroach giganteus other than size but the rest (appearance, biological mechanisms) are identical.

The robot cockroaches are 10cm in length and move at a speed of 30cm / s. The robots are equipped with a light sensor, communication system and remote sensing system to detect obstacles and to avoid them. The robots can be managed using a standard application on the phone.

The project will be completed in December; The development team hopes to build a robot positioning system so that it can move along a predetermined route. In addition, there is a plan to increase the battery life of cockroaches. At present, it can move for 20 minutes.

The robots can carry a payload of 10 grams making it of great interest to the military, as a miniature robot with a handheld camera can infiltrate into a particular area that only kicks in. Small size like that can be.