A startup is turning cockroaches into miniature spies, equipping them with tiny backpacks and sensors to gather intelligence ...

From carrier pigeons to police dogs, humans have always wanted to take advantage of the abilities of many animals to perform specific functions in order to continue evolving. Now, ...

In an experiment out of The Terminator, scientists released a hoard of 20 cyborg cockroaches into a sandy artificial desert. Each live insect wore a tiny computer backpack that could control and steer ...

A German firm is turning cockroaches into spy tools and rescuers. These insects can navigate dangerous areas where machines ...

A German start-up aims to give roaches backpacks that control their movements and gather intel so they can be recon soldiers.

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 ...

A swarm of remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches can navigate to a target location while avoiding obstacles and each other. Researchers say such swarms could be contained inside large robots and ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University finally have a use for insect brain-jacking: use a swarm of cyborg cockroaches to map dangerous or uncertain areas like collapsed buildings. Could this ...