Ever wonder if cockroaches can be used to conduct spy operations? Well, such a science-fiction concept is seen turning into reality with efforts from a German company. The Kassel-headquartered ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A German startup is engineering cyborg insects for defense purposes—but this isn’t the first time scientists have mounted cameras on creepy crawlies. Researchers control the insects by sending ...

A German company is working on a bizarre scheme to turn cockroaches – fitted with tiny backpacks – into an army of spy bugs, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The outfit is named – no surprise – SWARM ...