“For years, roboticists have been trying to mimic insects when building centimeter-scale robots,” said Dr. AlperBozkurt, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State and co-author of a paper on the work. “We came up with the idea of building a partnership with insects rather than trying to mimic them, similar to riding horses before our motorcycles and cars took over the streets. Roaches were the most easily accessible insects and are very robust walkers.”
阿尔珀o博兹库尔特博士是北卡罗来纳州立大学电气与计算机工程学副教授,曾参与发表了一篇与仿生机器人有关的论文。他表示:“多年以来,机器人专家们在设计厘米量级机器人时,一直在尝试模仿昆虫。而我们提出了一种新的理念,即与昆虫合作而不是模仿它们,类似于我们在摩托车和汽车占领大街之前骑马一样。蟑螂是最为常见的昆虫,也是非常强壮的爬行昆虫。”
The interface that controls the roach is wired to the roach’s antennae and cerci. The cerci are sensory organs on the roach’s abdomen, which are normally used to detect movement in the air that could indicate a predator is approaching – causing the roach to scurry away. But the researchers use the wires attached to the cerci to spur the insect into motion. The wires attached to the antennae send small charges that trick the roach into thinking the antennae are in contact with a barrier and steering them in the opposite direction.
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