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Cockroaches help scientists make better robots

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud

To build a better robot , engineers and scientists increasingly are looking to nature, making robots that move and interact socially with cockroaches, slither like a salamander and even learn and make decisions like humans.

The new designs, reported on Thursday in the journal Science, suggest that robot science is finally catching up with science fiction.
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