A cockroach diligently cleans his antenna. Photo by Ayako Wada-Katsumata When encountering a two-inch American cockroach, most people quickly skedaddle the other way or raise a foot to stomp the ...

Surprise: Cockroaches are Fastidious Groomers! Despite inhabiting sewers and cesspools, cockroaches are quite clean — or at least their exteriors are, according to entomologist Coby Schal of ...

Their remote control system consists of two parts: antennae stimulators and another on their rear end. ... Buzz the left antenna, the cockroach turns right; buzz the right one, the bug turns left.

In the fall of 2003, Loh began studying cockroach biology and working up designs for a robot antenna based on the insect model. "I liked the idea of combining biology and robotics," he said.

A charge sent to the right antenna makes a cockroach move left. Likewise, a charge to the left antenna makes it move right. While similar control systems for insects already exist, ...

In the fall of 2003, Loh began studying cockroach biology and working up designs for a robot antenna based on the insect model. "I liked the idea of combining biology and robotics," he said.

The robotic roach uses a complex antenna to feel its way around obstacles, just as biological cockroaches do. Will Kirk / JHU. March 11, 2005, 5:37 PM EST / Source: LiveScience.

A robotic cockroach, designed by a research team at Johns Hopkins University, uses a flexible, sensor-laden antenna to send signals to the wheeled robot's A robotic cockroach, designed by a ...

Its flexible and wand-like antenna consists of six strain gauges that have been molded in urethane, giving it an accuracy of 1-1.5cm and allowing it to closely follow a wall.

Roelofs said the antenna, which remains alive for hours after removal from the insect, reacted only to a specific chemical compound in the pheromone, thus allowing the researchers to isolate and ...

The main difference between a cockroach and a water bug is the antenna. Cockroaches will typically have very long antennas, and you usually can’t even see their head because it’s located below ...

Cockroaches can steer their antennae. “We do not yet have an actuator on the base to allow the antenna to sweep, but we intend to do it,” said Cowan. From what has been discovered so far, the team has ...