Cockroaches may become unlikely heroes in the case of earthquakes or other disasters. But we’re not talking about your run-of-the-mill cockroach. We’re talking about a surgically enhanced creature ...

have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously -- without wires, surgery, or stress-inducing electrical shocks. The system uses a small ultraviolet (UV) light helmet to steer ...

By shining light into either eye, the researchers could steer the cockroach left or right. The team's paper, which appeared in the journal Advanced Intelligent Systems earlier this month, noted that ...

Osaka, Japan - In a breakthrough that blends biology and robotics, researchers at The University of Osaka have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously—without wires, surgery ...