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Cyborg bugs instead of drones

04.04.2016

The place of drones may soon be taken by remotely controlled cyborg beetles. The results of the successful management of live insects were demonstrated by American and Singaporean engineers.

Insects are controlled with electrodes and backpacks with electronics mounted on their backs. Electrodes attached to the limbs, visual lobes of the brain and muscles of the beetles are activated by radio signals - and the biorobots begin to move at a given speed, take off and land, turn in flight.

There is no need for constant monitoring by the operator: the beetles independently maintain the set course, and a person needs to intervene only to change the route.

It is emphasized that the use of living "robots" allows saving on equipment. "Unlike "iron" robots, which need hundreds of parts, sensors and servomotors, insect-computer hybrid systems use living organisms as ready-made natural robots," the authors of the article write. The cost of "stuffing" one biorobot does not exceed seven US dollars.

The test subjects for engineers were large bronze Mecynorrhina torquata (weigh about eight grams) - they can carry heavy loads: a microphone and a temperature sensor. Electronics are attached to beetles using wax that is harmless to health.

In the future, the researchers plan to switch to remote (wireless) control of cyborg beetles, as well as change lithium batteries to batteries recharged by solar energy.

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