The remote-controlled insects are equipped with cameras to search disaster zones and check for infrastructure damage ...

The program is led by Hirotaka Sato, a professor at NTU's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a recognized ...

Cyborg cockroaches equipped with Bluetooth backpacks are being used at Marquette University to teach neuroscience to students ...

Cyborg cockroaches equipped with Bluetooth backpacks are being used at Marquette University to teach neuroscience to students ...

Modern militaries continue to search for reconnaissance tools that can operate where drones and ground robots struggle — inside collapsed buildings, narrow tunnels or dense urban infrastructure.

Although the concept seems like something from science fiction, science is rapidly adopting it. Researchers have started ...

NTU’s remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches move from rescue to pipeline checks, with longer battery life and cameras.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digital illustration released by Swarm Biotactics shows what they describe as cyborg cockroaches By Supantha Mukherjee, Sarah ...

Cyborg cockroaches guided by ultraviolet light and motion feedback navigate obstacles autonomously, showing how noninvasive control can coordinate biological movement with electronic sensing.

Germany's defense ministry is now funding tests to see if hissing cockroaches from Madagascar can be used as reconnaissance drones on the battlefield. It sounds like something out of a futuristic ...

The sight of cockroaches scurrying across the floor may give some people a scare, but the creepy crawlers may one day help save people in a disaster. Researchers at North Carolina State University ...