Beetles controlled like robots through motor functions
Engineers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University are turning live beetles into cyborgs by electrically controlling their motor functions. Having studied the beetles’ muscular configuration, neural networks, and leg control, the researchers wired the insects so they could be controlled like a switchboard. Essentially, the beetles became like robots with no control over their own motor functions, although their energy still comes from the food they eat. Turning beetles into cyborgs does not seem to harm them. The technology is said to have practical implications including security, search and rescue and medicine.

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