To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Movie S3. A side view of an American cockroach undergoing a compression materials test in a specially constructed apparatus attached to a materials testing machine. Playback of compression sequences are real time, whereas the recovery sequence is 20x faster. Cockroaches traverse crevices, crawl rapidly in confined spaces, and inspire a soft, legged robot Kaushik Jayaram, and Robert J. Full PNAS. 2016. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514591113 Download Original Video Browse All Videos »