If you think that cockroaches are creepy and useless, we can prove you wrong. Well, at least the “useless” part.

Now, scientists have created a roach-inspired robot with a rounded shell, which was able to clamber through tall, grass-like obstacles that would trip other bots up. These roachlike robots, described ...

What sounds more terrifying than a part-cockroach, part-robot cyborg? Definitely one that can also breathe underwater. Yet, this is exactly what researchers have just created, except they are ...

Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakes ...

Small robots could be valuable for exploring collapsed buildings, damaged infrastructure and other spaces that are too ...

Cyborg cockroaches could become future first responders, using cameras and injection systems to help locate and treat ...

The team embedded electrodes into live cockroaches, then outfitted them with cameras and injection devices to deliver medication via remote control. A research team from the University of Queensland ...

Scientists from the universities of Queensland and New South Wales have developed paramedic cyborg cockroaches, dubbed "paraborgs," equipped with miniature injection devices and cameras.

WASHINGTON – When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach. Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the remarkable ability to squish ...

A matchbox-sized robot that can infiltrate a pack of cockroaches and influence their collective behaviour has been developed by European scientists. The tiny robot smells and acts just like a roach, ...

Rolls-Royce is developing tiny “cockroach” robots that can crawl inside aircraft engines to spot and fix problems. The miniature technology can improve the way maintenance is carried out by speeding ...