AIMC Topic: Periplaneta

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Cockroaches traverse crevices, crawl rapidly in confined spaces, and inspire a soft, legged robot.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Jointed exoskeletons permit rapid appendage-driven locomotion but retain the soft-bodied, shape-changing ability to explore confined environments. We challenged cockroaches with horizontal crevices smaller than a quarter of their standing body height...