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Australian researchers build cyborg cockroaches for rescue missions

9/6/2026

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Australian researchers created Paraborg cyborg cockroaches from a giant burrowing species in northern Queensland.
A Paraborg variant carries a camera to film disaster victims.
Another Paraborg variant delivers medication using a spring-driven injector powered by CO2.
The armored cockroach measures up to 87 mm, weighs 40 g, and can lift 1.5 times its weight.
Researchers steer cockroaches with 10–40 Hz electrical pulses to antennae and cerci, which fail above 50 Hz.

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Story summary

Australian researchers created Paraborg cyborg cockroaches from a giant burrowing species in northern Queensland.
A Paraborg variant carries a camera to film disaster victims.
Another Paraborg variant delivers medication using a spring-driven injector powered by CO2.
The armored cockroach measures up to 87 mm, weighs 40 g, and can lift 1.5 times its weight.
Researchers steer cockroaches with 10–40 Hz electrical pulses to antennae and cerci, which fail above 50 Hz.