The remote-controlled insects are equipped with cameras to search disaster zones and check for infrastructure damage ...

The program is led by Hirotaka Sato, a professor at NTU's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a recognized pioneer in the field of cyborg ...

Imagine: You’re trapped under rubble after an earthquake. Rescue could be hours away. Then, you hear dozens of cockroaches ...

Hirotaka Sato, a professor at NTU’s School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has spent over a decade developing the ...

Each cockroach is fitted with a plastic “carriage” that houses an on-board processor and an electronic circuit board. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Researchers in Singapore are creating cyborg cockroaches by attaching robotic devices to Madagascar hissing cockroaches to ...

Cyborg cockroaches guided by ultraviolet light and motion feedback navigate obstacles autonomously, showing how noninvasive control can coordinate biological movement with electronic sensing.

(Left to right) NTU Research Fellow Dr Tran Ngoc Phuoc Thanh; Senior Research Fellow Dr Le Duc Long; Prof Hirotaka Sato; Research Engineers Jean Allen Academia and Mya Myet Thwe Chit; and Project ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digital illustration released by Swarm Biotactics shows what they describe as cyborg cockroaches By Supantha Mukherjee, Sarah ...

Germany's defense ministry is now funding tests to see if hissing cockroaches from Madagascar can be used as reconnaissance drones on the battlefield. It sounds like something out of a futuristic ...

The sight of cockroaches scurrying across the floor may give some people a scare, but the creepy crawlers may one day help save people in a disaster. Researchers at North Carolina State University ...