CEO Stefan Wilhelm told CBS the choice of insect was deliberate. The Madagascar hissing cockroach is large enough to carry small payloads, resilient under extreme conditions, ...

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

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

The future of spy bugs may be an actual insect: the Madagascar hissing cockroach. SWARM Biotactics, a German startup, is working to fit cockroaches with tiny backpacks that could carry cameras, ...

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 Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a special machine to automatically turn cockroaches into cyborg roaches. This new machine can fit portable stimulation and ...

Innovative bio-hybrid technology is transforming resilient insects into advanced scouting tools for restricted environments. In Berlin, researchers are equipping cockroaches with miniature electronic ...

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 ...

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) – Carolyn Weathers said she was coming home from work one night a few weeks back when she saw swarms of big black cockroaches emerging from a manhole and encroaching upon her ...