The Madagascar hissing cockroach is on a mission to check for corrosion and leakage. Developed by a team of researchers from ...

Universities in Denmark, China and the United States have also been developing robots for pipeline inspection. One such ...

"We envision a future where, after disasters such as earthquakes or building collapses, cyborg cockroaches can quickly and efficiently navigate areas unsafe for humans to enter," said Huai Ruituo, an ...

German defense technology startup SWARM Biotactics has deployed programmable cyborg insect swarms for paying ...

German startup SWARM Robotics has developed bioelectronic cyborg insects that can gather intelligence from spaces that are ...

Osaka, Japan - In a breakthrough that blends biology and robotics, researchers at The University of Osaka have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously—without wires, surgery ...

As if cockroaches weren’t creepy enough already, researchers have found a way to make them even more so. A team at the University of Osaka is using UV light helmets to direct cyborg cockroaches. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...