# Cockroach-Driven Mech. With pictures

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**Created:** [May 31, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-driven-mech-with-pictures/306161 "2005-05-31T01:44:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-driven-mech-with-pictures/306161/1 "2005-05-31T01:44:30Z")

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We always knew roaches would inherit the Earth. We didn’t know they’d be scurrying down the freeways in their own vehicles.

[http://www.conceptlab.com/control/](http://www.conceptlab.com/control/)

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> After we’ve all killed each other with DARPA-funded biomimetic robots, the earth will be happily inhabited by cockroaches. These insects will need something to drive on all of the abandoned freeways.

His heart’s in the right place, after all: Within a hard, flexible carapace attached to a velcro harness.

This is good to know:

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> **Does the cockroach have a brain?**  
> No. Cockroaches only have clumps of nerve cells called ganglia, which are positioned around their body. Cockroaches can survive for a number of days without their heads: they eventually starve to death.

(I actually knew this, but it’s always good to raise awareness about the plight of decapitated cockroaches.

Especially if they could be driving large vehicles.)

And finally, a note about how we might kill the hissing menace:

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> A couple of cockroaches have died after being fed Carl’s Jr. - although this may have been a coincidence.

Now all we need is to hook up missile systems and lasers.