German scientists are turning cockroaches into living sensor platforms, using tiny backpacks to explore places humans and ...

For years, the future was envisioned as clean lines and loud machinery. Flying vehicles, metal outfits, and flashing weapons.

A German start-up aims to give roaches backpacks that control their movements and gather intel so they can be recon soldiers.

In a defense lab in Germany, a small startup is wiring live cockroaches with AI-guided backpacks and turning them into steerable scouts that can slip through cracks no drone or soldier could reach.

Forward-looking: In a Berlin laboratory, a team at SWARM Biotactics is turning insects into living robots. The German startup is developing microelectronic backpacks that can transform Madagascar ...

Germany's defense ministry is now funding tests to see if hissing cockroaches from Madagascar can be used as reconnaissance drones on the battlefield. It sounds like something out of a futuristic ...

The scientific name of the largest cockroach is Blaberus giganteus. Blaberus giganteus can grow up to 4 inches long. This cockroach species is native to Central and South America. The scientific name ...

Cockroach infestations don’t just bring creepy crawlers, they fill homes with allergens and bacterial toxins that can trigger asthma and allergies. NC State researchers found that larger infestations ...

Cockroaches are transforming from pests to valuable resources. A burgeoning industry sees these insects fetching high prices for scientific research and the exotic pet market. Their unique proteins ...

The 2008 film Wall-E depicted Earth as a post-apocalyptic wasteland with nothing on it but the abandoned remnants of human society and a forlorn, trash-compacting robot. The titular robot's only ...

At around age 10, I spotted a cockroach on the kitchen counter and grabbed the closest thing near me: a coffee pot, which I brought down on the head of the bug and then found myself standing there, ...

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created an automated cyborg insect "factory line." According to its developers, the new prototype artificial intelligence ...