Swarms of cyborg cockroaches could be manufactured by robots

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A cockroach with an electronic backpack can be steered remotely

Courtesy of Hirotaka Sato, Nanyang Technological University

A robotic arm that can automatically turn cockroaches into controllable cyborgs could be used to create swarms of biological robots for search missions.

Hirotaka Sato at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and his colleagues have previously shown that groups of up to 20 Madagascar hissing cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa) equipped with electronic backpacks can be steered across desert-like terrain. However, to be used in a real-world search-and-rescue mission, the team calculates that hundreds or thousands of cyborg insects would be needed.



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