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Cyborg-Insect Factory is a real machine that turns cockroaches into robots

Allan Rose Hill
Dec 18, 2024
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image: Hirotaka Sato

"The advancement of insect-computer hybrid robots holds significant promise for navigating complex terrains and enhancing robotics applications," writes Hirotako Sato and colleagues at the Nanyang Technology University in Singapore.

Indeed, researchers have demonstrated that insects can be outfitted with sensors and electrodes in tiny…

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