If you think that cockroaches are creepy and useless, we can prove you wrong. Well, at least the “useless” part.

Now, scientists have created a roach-inspired robot with a rounded shell, which was able to clamber through tall, grass-like obstacles that would trip other bots up. These roachlike robots, described ...

Innovative researchers have engineered cyborg cockroaches designed for use in disaster rescue missions. These remarkable ...

Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...

What sounds more terrifying than a part-cockroach, part-robot cyborg? Definitely one that can also breathe underwater. Yet, this is exactly what researchers have just created, except they are ...

India, Sept. 20 -- The next revolution in warfare may not arrive in the form of a fighter aircraft, missile or conventional ...

Australian scientists have developed ‘Paraborg’ cyborg cockroaches that could search disaster rubble, locate victims and ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach. Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the remarkable ability to squish ...