Previously, researchers created electrical implants to control cockroaches' movements for search-and-rescue missions. Now, they've made 3D-printed suits that provide oxygen, allowing the critters to s ...

What sounds more terrifying than a part-cockroach, part-robot cyborg? Definitely one that can also breathe underwater. Yet, ...

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore 3D-printed a flexible diving suit that roaches wear like a backpack. A chemical oxygen generator inside of it creates oxygen when the bug ...

Cyborg cockroaches fitted with 3D-printed diving suits can walk underwater for 3 hours, and researchers expect real search-and-rescue use within 2 to 3 years.

The flexible diving suit lets cyborg cockroaches survive underwater for up to three hours, opening new possibilities for flood and earthquake rescue.

The invention comes after a decade of research into cyborg insects – which could be used in search and rescue missions ...

A research team from NTU Singapore and Waseda University has developed a flexible mini-diving suit for cyborg cockroaches. The suit allows the remote-controlled insects to survive and move underwater ...

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The 3D-printed diving suit allowed cockroaches with electrodes attached to them to survive underwater for up to three hours.