A cockroach in a tiny scuba suit sounds like something you would run from, not something you would send into a disaster zone.Yet scientists say this strange little setup could one day help rescue teams search places people and larger robots cannot safely reach.Researchers from NTU Singapore and Waseda University have developed a flexible diving suit for cyborg cockroaches.
The suit lets the insects survive and move underwater, as well as through low-oxygen spaces, for up to three hours.The study was published in Nature Communications.The goal is to expand how cyborg insects could help after floods, earthquakes or other disasters where rubble, drains and tight spaces can block access.US MILITARY DEPLOYS MTVRS, AIRLIFTS AID TO VENEZUELA FOLLOWING DEADLY EARTHQUAKESThe tiny diving suit delivers oxygen to the cyborg cockroach, helping it move underwater for up to three hours.
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Unlike a small artificial robot, it uses its own muscles to walk.That means it needs far less battery power than a robot that depends on motors.
However, cockroaches still need air.They breathe through small openings called spiracles.
Once submerged, they cannot pull oxygen from water.That is where the cyborg cockroach diving suit comes in.The suit has an oxygen-generation tank, a flexib...