Scientists create cyborg cockroaches with robot brains trained to sneak through tiny gaps & be controlled by humans [Video]

A CLEVER team of scientists have created a set of cyborg cockroaches with robot brains specially trained to save lives.

The fascinating invention will see the insects deployed after natural disasters to crawl inside tiny gaps and send their human handler vital information about the whereabouts of survivors.

Scientists in Singapore have created a set of cyborg cockroaches with robot brains on their backsCredit: The Straits Times

The tiny technology is hoped to help in any future disaster zonesCredit: P. T. Tran-Ngoc et al. Adv. Intell. Syst. 5, 2200319 (2023).

The bugs carry a backpack with all the sensors and camera on so the humans can direct them and collect the dataCredit: The Straits Times

Electrodes are implanted on the bug’s nervous system so they can be controlled by a human by the touch of a buttonCredit: The Straits Times

Stuck on the back of real-life Madagascan hissing cockroaches, the technology sits on a panel that uses an …

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