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Flying beetle cyborgs guided with tiny battery-powered backpacks

New ScientistMay-3-2018, 17:00:05 GMT

Here come the cyborg beetles. Electronic-filled backpacks have been used to create controllable flying bio-robots. Male M. torquata beetles had electrodes implanted into four of their flight muscles. Small electric pulses were then administered to steer them left or right. Their acceleration could be increased by upping the frequency of the pulses.

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