Fukuda and his team are now planning to make cyborg versions of other types of insects, including ones that can fly. npj Flexible Electronics, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41528-022-00207-2 ( About DOIs ) ...

Fitzgerald says that although the work might seem futuristic now, in a few decades, cyborg insects could be saving lives. He’s not the only roboticist creating robots from living organisms.

Scientists in China have found a way to mass-produce cyborg cockroaches. In fact, a new study shows that scientists have found a way to create these electronically improved insects every 68 ...

Now, Japanese scientists at the University of Tsukuba have figured out how to transform cicadas into cyborg insects capable of "playing" Pachelbel's Canon. They described their work in a preprint ...