WASHINGTON — When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach. Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the remarkable ability to squish ...

Scientists have created tiny AI backpacks that can turn cockroaches into robot-like helpers for searching dangerous areas after disasters. A team from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) built the ...

Although the concept seems like something from science fiction, science is rapidly adopting it. Researchers have started creating ‘cyborg cockroaches,’ which are live insects equipped with tiny ...