{"id":203199,"date":"2025-01-06T15:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/scientists-develop-technology-to-control-cyborg-insect-swarms"},"modified":"2025-01-06T15:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:09:05","slug":"scientists-develop-technology-to-control-cyborg-insect-swarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/scientists-develop-technology-to-control-cyborg-insect-swarms","title":{"rendered":"Scientists develop technology to control cyborg insect swarms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-develop-technology-to-control-cyborg-insect-swarms3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have developed an advanced swarm navigation algorithm for cyborg insects that prevents them from becoming stuck while navigating challenging terrain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-55197-8\" target=\"_blank\">Published<\/a> in <i>Nature Communications<\/i>, the new algorithm represents a significant advance in <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/swarm+robotics\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">swarm robotics<\/a>. It could pave the way for applications in <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/disaster+relief\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">disaster relief<\/a>, search-and-rescue missions, and infrastructure inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Cyborg insects are real insects equipped with tiny electronic devices on their backs\u2014consisting of various sensors like optical and infrared cameras, a battery, and an antenna for communication\u2014that allow their movements to be remotely controlled for specific tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have developed an advanced swarm navigation algorithm for cyborg insects that prevents them from becoming stuck while navigating challenging terrain. Published in Nature Communications, the new algorithm represents a significant advance in swarm robotics. It could pave the way for applications in disaster relief, search-and-rescue missions, and infrastructure inspection. Cyborg insects are real insects [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,41,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyborgs","category-information-science","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}