"Cyber-Roach" Forces Rethink On Animal Movement 41
Lanxon writes "A team of researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in London has built a 'cyber-cockroach' (a cockroach wearing an accelerometer in a tiny backpack) to try and better understand the movements of many-legged animals. They found that unlike bipedal creatures, animals with more than two legs don't adjust their movements when walking over a softer surface."
The academic paper is available from the Journal of Experimental Biology. This research will be helpful in finding better ways for multi-legged robots to navigate difficult terrain.
A bit of a stretch (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:I for one... (Score:1, Insightful)
I didn't consider that interpretation, but it's far more hilarious.
I read it like so: Cyber-Roach [invention] forces [a] rethink on Animal Movement. Not as being the literal movement of animals, but a reconsideration of some animal-rights activist group.
Seriously, WTF. Worst headline ever.