The sight of a cockroach on the run may strike fear into your heart, but what if it were running to save you? That's what researchers at UC Berkeley had in mind when they designed CRAM, a robot prototype that looks just like a cockroach. CRAM ("compressible robot with articulated mechanisms") has a jointed exoskeleton and a soft shell that allow it to shape shift and move through small spaces. The researchers think CRAM, whose existence was partially funded by the US Army, could be the first step in creating an incredibly effective search-and-rescue robot.
Your wallet will also be substantially lighter if you buy one of these.
Tesla boss Elon Musk has announced the Tesla Bot, a general-purpose, bi-pedal, humanoid robot that is able to perform different tasks
We can learn a lot from the robot vacuum. Quarantine has brought me closer to understanding its purpose, and ours.
