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Today, robotics is developing by leaps and bounds, and scientists create not only human-like, but even dog-like robots, but also miniature assistants that can penetrate, say, to any corner of the human body, thereby completing tasks diagnosis and treatment.
One of the interesting achievements in this regard was the cockroach robot, created by experts at the University of California what is in the city of Berkeley. This small and nimble robot actually looks like on a Prussian, he is only three centimeters long and weighs 0.07 grams. At the same time, a miniature bot can reach speeds of more than half a meter in second and easily maintains load commensurate with adult weight person.
The cockroach robot is based on piezoelectric materials, thanks to which it can easily bend, contract and expand without any damage to yourself. That’s what the professor says about it Liwei Lin is one of the creators of this miracle:
Miniature robots are usually very fragile, so before the team of scientists of our university was the main task create something completely unique in terms of fortress and elasticity. And we succeeded, suffice it to say that our a cockroach robot can withstand a million times the load own weight. By the way, insect robots were created earlier, in the number and in the form of cockroaches (just recall the Russian the development of 2015 – BFU Kaliningrad), but our current achievement is far superior to all previous achievements.
The fastest and most durable miniature bot, according to American researchers can be successfully used in any search and rescue operations. Although they certainly the military will also be interested. For what purposes – this is another matter, but, unfortunately, all modern achievements in science and technology primarily used for militaristic purposes, in the best case – in space …
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