Each cockroach is fitted with a plastic “carriage” that houses an on-board processor and an electronic circuit board. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

"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 ...

Prof Hirotaka Sato from NTU’s School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the project’s lead researcher, said: “Actual pipe environments may be darker and wetter, with possible water accumulation, ...

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

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 ...

I bet that headline wasn't on your bingo card this week. Researchers at the University of Osaka have equipped cyborg insects with teeny tiny helmets to steer them around various environments, without ...

(Left to right) NTU Research Fellow Dr Tran Ngoc Phuoc Thanh; Senior Research Fellow Dr Le Duc Long; Prof Hirotaka Sato; Research Engineers Jean Allen Academia and Mya Myet Thwe Chit; and Project ...

Scientists in Singapore have industrialised the production of remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches that one day could form a tiny army suitable for disaster search missions. Last month, researchers ...

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

Research video showing how the cyborg cockroach, with a new electronic backpack installed by the automated system, can be controlled precisely. NTU Prof Hirotaka Sato working with NTU Project Officer ...

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 ...