At the end of the world, only Robo-Roaches will survive

Post by **DarkUnderlord** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:42 pm

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<a target="_self" href="http://news.com.com/2100-7337_3-5800563.html">Sign of the apocalypse</a>?
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Scientists in Lausanne, Switzerland, have successfully infiltrated a colony
of roaches with a micro robot that has enough intricacies to interact with the
world's most resilient insect, according to a report published in the June issue
of IEEE Robotics & Automation. 
<img border="0" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/p/2005/ ... 00x167.jpg" /> 
Called InsBot, for "insect-like robot," the
mechanical bug mimics the insects' smell and movements to the point that the
roaches have accepted it as their own. That feat helps scientists study mixed
societies of animals and robots.
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Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:50 pm

Looks like a computer chip.

St. Toxic · Post by **St. Toxic** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:55 pm

"Cluck cluck cluck, come on. Come on roaches, come on in roaches. There you go. Cluck cluck cluck.... cluck.... What the? Not robots again!?"

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:42 pm

X-files already did it.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:13 pm

Screamers

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:23 pm

Thor Kaufman wrote:Screamers

bastard!

ApTyp · Post by **ApTyp** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:17 am

I didn't know roaches even HAD colonies.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:36 am

Screamers was awesome.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:26 pm

It had Roy Dupuis

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:19 pm

S4ur0n27 wrote:X-files already did it.

That episode was awesome.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:49 pm

Yeah, with that old fart in his electronic wheelchair.

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:55 pm

Have you seen the robotic crayfish (lobster maybe) that they made, they just made a computer record all it's movements upon certain stimuli, they are going to make a virtual lobster ai. And they have made remote control rats, they stimulate the rat's pleasure centres to send it in a certain direction.