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

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

German startup SWARM Biotactics is turning Madagascar hissing cockroaches into high-tech spies. By attaching 15-gram ...

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 ...