This vertical climbing robot is called the CLASH and was designed by the crazies at UC Berkeley. Check out the stats on this roach: it’s 10 centimeters long, weighs 15 grams, has tiny spiny toes on its feet and moves at a spine tingling 9.44 inches a second. That’s faster than you think. It can move that fast because the motor in CLASH powers the four legs at 34 strides per second. A lotta little steps!
But man, can you imagine a room filled with these? That would be torture. [UC Berkeley via IEEE Spectrum]