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Cyborg cockroaches with 3D-printed diving suits can walk underwater for up to 3 hours
NTU Singapore researchers create amphibious cyborg cockroaches with underwater capabilities
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Frank Landymore
4h ago· 3 min readenNews
Summary
Researchers at NTU Singapore have developed cyborg cockroaches that can be remotely controlled and equipped with custom 'scuba suits' to swim underwater, making them amphibious. The team published a study proposing these biological drones could one day be deployed in swarms to explore dangerous environments like disaster zones or even other planets. The work transforms cockroaches into controllable biobots capable of operating on both land and sea.
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bskyNTU Singapore researchers create amphibious cyborg cockroaches with underwater capabilitiesfuturism.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledScientists turned a bunch of cockroaches into remote-controllable cyborgs — and then built them little scuba suits so they can swim underwater, transforming them into powerful amphibian troopers.
Rest assured, they (the scientists, not the roaches) aren't intent on world domination.
Instead, they propose that one day a swarm of these biological drones could be used to poke around dangerous environments, such as disaster areas — or, even more ambitiously, other planets.
A team of researchers turned cockroaches into remote controllable cyborgs that can tackle both land and sea.
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