Perhaps a part-robot, part-insect giant cockroach capable of diving underwater for as much as three hours at a time. In a new study, researchers describe how they made “cyborg” bugs that could help ...

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore 3D-printed a flexible diving suit that roaches wear like a ...

Tiny 3D-printed diving suits allow cockroaches to walk underwater for up to 3 hours with no ill effects, which could enable a ...

Scientists from NTU Singapore and Waseda University have developed a flexible "diving suit" for cyborg cockroaches, enabling ...

Cyborg cockroaches are also intended to perform their duties underwater. A diving suit with an oxygen generator ensures ...

Further work is underway to test the cyborg insect diving suit in simulated disaster environments and improve other things.

(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 ...

(Nanowerk News) This new prototype robotic system automates the attachment of miniature electronic backpacks on the back of Madagascar hissing cockroaches, turning them into insect-hybrid robots. This ...