Previously, researchers created electrical implants to control cockroaches' movements for search-and-rescue missions. Now, they've made 3D-printed suits that provide oxygen, allowing the critters to s ...

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore 3D-printed a flexible diving suit that roaches wear like a backpack. A chemical oxygen generator inside of it creates oxygen when the bug ...

What sounds more terrifying than a part-cockroach, part-robot cyborg? Definitely one that can also breathe underwater. Yet, ...

Everyone's heard the pop culture myth that cockroaches are virtually indestructible and will be the only animals to survive the apocalypse. If those end times involve Biblical floods or sea level rise ...

Cyborg cockroaches fitted with 3D-printed diving suits can walk underwater for 3 hours, and researchers expect real search-and-rescue use within 2 to 3 years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conceptual illustration of the cyborg insect operating underwater. If you had "cockroach in a scuba suit" on your 2026 bingo card, ...

The 3D-printed diving suit allowed cockroaches with electrodes attached to them to survive underwater for up to three hours.

The flexible diving suit lets cyborg cockroaches survive underwater for up to three hours, opening new possibilities for ...

Soft, flexible suit with a built-in oxygen generator enables cyborg cockroaches to survive underwater and in low-oxygen conditions for up to three hours ...

Once again proving that mad scientists aren't just a Hollywood invention, researchers have built diving suits for their cyborg cockroach swarms.

Cyborg cockroaches given tiny diving suits to hunt for disaster survivors. Scientists have created tiny 3D-printed diving suits for cyborg cockroaches that could help find survivors in flooded ...