AnalysisRoboticsSeptember 5, 2026

Cyborg cockroach Paraborg delivers drugs via needle

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University of Queensland researchers built "Paraborgs" from giant burrowing cockroaches (Macropanesthia rhinoceros), fitting them with electronics and a spring-loaded needle to inject aid to disaster victims. The Biorobotics Lab paper follows earlier work steering beetles and moths as passive sensor platforms.

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