VelociRoACH: A Tiny, Super-Fast Robot Cockroach Made from Cardboard That Can Save Lives

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It may not be able to survive a nuclear blast, but the tiny VelociRoACH is pretty darn impressive. At just 4-inches long, the VelociRoACH is a little robot that can run so fast that it covers 27-times its own body length in just one second – that’s about a 10-minute mile – making it the fastest robot in the world for its size. The cardboard robot is the brainchild of Duncan Haldane and colleagues UC Berkeley’s Biomimetic Millisystems Lab, who strive to mimic animal features such as movement and sensing in order to improve robotic capabilities.

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