Robot roach becomes head honcho

Posted on Nov 20, 07 10:26 PM PDT

Do you hate cockroaches? I certainly do, and somehow wish there is a device that lures all these pests out in a single congregation where I can get rid of them once and for all. Jose Halloy and a bunch of colleagues at the Free University of Brussels could have an answer to my prayer, having developed tiny robots that act like Pied Pipers and can trick roaches into following them. These robots were sprayed with a little bit of roach scent and programmed to choose crowds over darkness, and the roaches automatically followed the robot wherever it went, making them easy pickings. It would be great to see this technology being released on a commercial basis, and we no longer have to grapple with pest sprays of sorts as well as roach traps that are highly ineffective.

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