This system provides a general direction for the group while allowing individual cockroaches to choose their own paths through uneven terrain. In laboratory experiments, a swarm of 20 cockroaches ...

Have you ever wanted to control an army of cockroaches? We’ve all seen remote control cockroaches before — and they really are quite a fascinating specimen to work with — but did you know ...

Enhancing swarm navigation The study introduces cyborg ... Researchers conducted experiments where Madagascar hissing cockroaches were fitted with “backpacks,” enabling remote control through ...

Cockroaches have some of the worst PR in the animal kingdom. With a better agent, their story could be that of a hardy insect that has successfully thrived on every continent except Antarctica.