Disaster victims trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building or mine may one day be rescued by a tiny and unlikely savior: a beetle with a backpack. Researchers have made major strides in ...

Hard-wiring beetles for radio-controlled flight turns out to be a fitting way to learn more about their biology. Cyborg insect research led by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, and ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google It’s a different kind of “Help” by the Beetles. Between bomb-detecting rats and medical-grade maggots, it’s clear that ...

If you live in fear of a robot apocalypse, the existence of cybernetic insects probably won’t help you sleep at night. But a team of engineers behind giant beetle cyborgs have high hopes for their ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) In complex, unpredictable environments such as earthquake rubble, collapsed buildings, or narrow industrial ducts, conventional robots often fail to reach where they’re needed ...

Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors within hours instead of days following disasters such as building and mine ...

It’s a matter of perspective: Depending on whether you like insects or not, this new beetle biobot could be awesome or an instant nightmare machine. Regardless of your feelings on the creature, this ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An "insect-computer hybrid" has been developed by scientists, allowing ...

The age of cyborg insects has arrived. By inserting electrodes into the legs of the Mecynorrhina torquata beetle and equipping it with a tiny microchip backpack, a team of researchers at the ...

Cyborg insect research is enabling new revelations about a muscle used by beetles for finely graded turns. The remote-controlled beetles equipped with radio backpacks are showcasing the potential of ...