Tag: COCKROACH

Very few beings could survive in the apocalyptic holocaust following a nuclear attack. Dr. Manhattan, certainly. Maybe The Toxic Avenger. Possibly even his Toxic Crusaders. But the creature most likely to survive is the cockroach, perhaps the hardiest, and ugliest, creature on the planet. Scientists at Texas A&M University's Nuclear Security Science & Policy Institute have found a way ...

The world of robotics is awash in nature-inspired cybernetic creatures -- bees, spiders, fish. But none have been so creepy as the DASH, or the Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod. For those keeping score, that's a fancy way of saying "robotic cockroach." The DASH was built by a team at the University of California Berkeley and mimics nature's nastiest little survivor in almost every way. Its ...