A project currently on Kickstarter would give supporters the tools to remote-control a cockroach using their smartphones. Called RoboRoach, the project is billed as "the world's first commercially ...

Cockroaches have often been selected for remote control cyborg treatment, but they’re typically given instructions by electrically stimulating their antennae. This little, critter, though has the ...

Recent DARPA robots include sea-based microdrones, cockroach-style surveillance bots, and even cyborg insects.

Remote-controlled cars and airplanes are nothing new, but a North Carolina State University professor hopes his remote-controlled cockroaches catch on - not for entertainment, but as a way to save ...

What DARPA does with animal test subjects behind closed doors is one thing, but here we have something else entirely: mad-scientist kits that allow anyone at home to control the movement of a ...

Proving once again that this is Luc Besson’s world, and we’re just living in it, the world has moved one step closer to the Fifth Element. That’s right, remote-controlled cockroaches. The iBionicS Lab ...

While many people are working out how to genocide the cockroach population, a team of Japanese boffins are turning them into robot heros. Japanese researchers have discovered a way to mount solar ...

Living remote-control cockroaches are now a thing. They actually exist. Besides wowing people and sparking ethics debates, however, the cyborg insects may ultimately have some very worthwhile ...

Have you ever wanted to control an army of cockroaches? We’ve all seen remote control cockroaches before — and they really are quite a fascinating specimen to work with — but did you know you can ...

Scientists have outfitted a cockroach with a high-tech backpack that allows them to remotely control where it scurries. While the concept may sound terrifying, anyone buried alive under rubble in an ...