Roy Ritzmann: Movement through complex terrains by insects and robots |
Roy Ritzman works on cockroaches and builds robots from the data he gathers in the insects. Cool stuff! He started by presenting videos of cockroaches with various lesions to their brains, which lead to very specific impa...[more] |
Ritzmann simple system symposium meeting neuroethology cockroach walking |
Posted on Tuesday 24 July 2007 - 20:57:07 |
Jewel Wasps manipulate specific brain centers to turn their prey into zombies |
Jewel Wasps (Ampulex compressa) are amazing creatures and their form of parental care has received quite some attention not only by scientists but also from the general media, and rightfully so. This parasitoid wasp se...[more] |
wasp actions spontaneous brain cockroach zombie |
Posted on Wednesday 14 April 2010 - 11:07:06 |