A cockroach in a tiny scuba suit sounds like something you would run from, not something you would send into a disaster zone. Yet scientists say this strange little setup could one day help rescue ...

Now, scientists have created a roach-inspired robot with a rounded shell, which was able to clamber through tall, grass-like obstacles that would trip other bots up. These roachlike robots, described ...

WASHINGTON – When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach. Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the remarkable ability to squish ...

Researchers have developed cyborg cockroaches that could help deliver emergency medical care to people trapped in collapsed buildings, caves, and other dangerous locations. Called Paraborgs, the ...

In the past, Roger Quinn and his robotics team at Case Western Reserve University have also worked with stylized cockroach robots like the Stanford and Michigan machines. For their newest project, ...