NPR: RoboRoach https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=237209784 RoboRoach en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:27:20 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: RoboRoach https://www.npr.org/tags/237209784/roboroach What's Creepy, Crawly And A Champion Of Neuroscience? The new RoboRoach project allows users to influence the movements of cockroaches with a smartphone. Greg Gage of Backyard Brains says it's not brain control but more like the bridle of a horse. The RoboRoach just provides a sensation that makes the cockroach <em>perceive </em>an obstacle. Sun, 20 Oct 2013 17:06:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/10/20/237129154/whats-creepy-crawly-and-a-champion-of-neuroscience https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/10/20/237129154/whats-creepy-crawly-and-a-champion-of-neuroscience

The new RoboRoach project allows users to influence the movements of cockroaches with a smartphone. Greg Gage of Backyard Brains says it's not brain control but more like the bridle of a horse. The RoboRoach just provides a sensation that makes the cockroach perceive an obstacle.

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