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Comments on Cockroach-Controlled Mobile Robot
Garnet Hertz has created a cockroach-controlled mobile robot. A hybrid biorobotic system, the robot consists of a mechanical system that amplifies and translates the bodily movements of a live giant hissing Madagascar cockroach. (Read
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| "What will science think of next? (more ways to abuse american tax dollars! LOL)" ( 8/31/2004 2:13:22 PM) |
| "no tax dollars were used in the creation of this machine: it was all out of my pocket." (garnet hertz 9/1/2004 6:56:04 PM) |
| "This system will be used in future piloted mecha. I guarantee it!" (onizuka 9/3/2004 1:03:00 AM) |
| "This is an entirely looks like the roaches really WILL overrun all of us. They better not make any monster trucks for roaches." (Billy 12/30/2004 10:00:17 AM) |
| "Posthuman is a rather silly way to describe what is in essence a cyborg, since we most often differentiate ourselves from other creatures by our higher order cognitive functions and consciousness, not our physical characteristics." (ME 4/11/2006 10:49:59 PM) |
| "I found a great video of Garnet Hertz demonstrating his cockroach controlled robot. (Cockroach Drives Robot!) (Bill Christensen 9/17/2006 7:43:40 PM) |
| "freaky and cool!" ( 9/21/2006 8:19:03 AM) |
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