Video: This Robotic Cardboard Cockroach Is The World's Second Fastest Legged Robot

Based on the biology of the cockroach, VELOCIRoACH is the fastest robot of its size in the world. The world's fastest legged robot mimics the cheetah. The second fastest? The mighty cockroach. Not to be confused with a cyborg cockroach, VELOCIRoACH is a small, six-legged cardboard cockroach that can scramble across varying terrain and over obstacles at 3.2 meters per second (or just more than 7 miles per hour). For its size, VELOCIRoACH is easily the fastest robot in the world--it can cover 26 o...