Japanese researchers envision a future where swarms of cyborg cockroaches roam freely inside homes, carrying out a variety of small tasks. A team at the University of Tsukuba modified Madagascar ...

Scientists in Singapore unleashed an army of remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches in a desert terrain to test such a swarm for future search-and-rescue missions. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed research ...

Cockroaches might not be the most beloved of all critters - but is it ethical to control their movement with mind-control technology? That’s a debate engineers at Texas A&M University are stirring ...

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have unleashed an army of remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches to swarm a target in a sandy test area. The motivation behind the ...

Tests by other scientists have shown that a cockroach leader emerges when they are being controlled by their backpacks THIS is the bizarre moment that creepy Frankenstein-style cyborg cockroaches come ...

Cyborg cockroaches may be the future of high tech home living. Japanese researchers from the University of Tsukuba modified Madagascar cockroaches with cybernetic implants that enable the insects to ...

Envisioning armies of electronically controllable insects is probably nightmare fuel for most people. But scientists think they could help rescue workers scour challenging and hazardous terrain. An ...

Swarms of remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches are being created and developed in labs. Japanese scientists have utilised the two inch long Madagascan hissing cockroach in a project that sounds right ...

Researchers at Hiroshima University and Osaka University have developed an algorithm to control swarms of cyborg cockroaches in difficult terrain without them getting stuck. The real cockroaches, ...

SINGAPORE: Cyborg cockroaches on search-and-rescue missions can work as a team and follow a leader to cover terrain faster, thanks to a system upgrade developed by researchers in Singapore and Japan.

A researcher presses a button on the transmission device, sending a ‘turn right’ signal to the cockroach (Picture: Fukuda et. al./Riken) If cockroaches make you queasy, you might not be a fan of these ...

Read on to find out exactly how a real-life bug can be programmed to save lives A CLEVER team of scientists have created a set of cyborg cockroaches with robot brains specially trained to save lives.