Bringing drones and cyborg cockroaches together to map disaster zones [feedly]

Bringing drones and cyborg cockroaches together to map disaster zones
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine



Robots don't always need to be built from scratch. In the case of "biobots", scientists have been able to hack into insects, turning them into remote-controlled scouts to gather data and map unfamiliar or unsafe areas. Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have already demonstrated the hardware and software that would make this possible, and have now thrown drones into the mix, to act as aerial beacons that guide and contain the biobots to areas of interest.

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