The autonomous pipeline navigation of a cockroach bio-robot with enhanced walking stimuli

S Ma, Y Chen, S Yang, S Liu, L Tang… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2023‏ - spj.science.org
Tens of crawling bio-robots with cockroaches as the mobile platform have been developed
with various functions. Compared with artificial crawling robots of the same size, they …

Efficient autonomous navigation for terrestrial insect-machine hybrid systems

HD Nguyen, VT Dung, H Sato, TT Vo-Doan - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
While bio-inspired and biomimetic systems draw inspiration from living materials, biohybrid
systems incorporate them with synthetic devices, allowing the exploitation of both organic …

Launching of a cyborg locust via co-contraction control of hindleg muscles

S Ma, P Liu, S Liu, Y Li, B Li - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Jum** is beneficial for microrobots because they have to face obstacles larger than their
height frequently. However, compacting a jum** mechanism into the small body of a …

Constructing living buildings: a review of relevant technologies for a novel application of biohybrid robotics

MK Heinrich, S Von Mammen… - Journal of the …, 2019‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biohybrid robotics takes an engineering approach to the expansion and exploitation of
biological behaviours for application to automated tasks. Here, we identify the construction …

Feedback control of automatic navigation for cyborg cockroach without external motion capture system

M Ariyanto, CMM Refat, K Yamamoto, K Morishima - Heliyon, 2024‏ - cell.com
Due to their size and locomotion ability, cockroaches are favorable as hybrid robot platforms
in search and rescue (SAR) missions. However, cockroaches most likely approach the …

Effective stimulus parameters for directed locomotion in Madagascar hissing cockroach biobot

JC Erickson, M Herrera, M Bustamante, A Shingiro… - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Swarms of insects instrumented with wireless electronic backpacks have previously been
proposed for potential use in search and rescue operations. Before deploying such biobot …

[HTML][HTML] Teleoperated locomotion for biobot between Japan and Bangladesh

M Ariyanto, CMM Refat, X Zheng, K Hirao, Y Wang… - Computation, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Biobot-based insects have been investigated so far for various applications such as search
and rescue operations, environmental monitoring, and discovering the environment. These …

CameraRoach: A WiFi-and camera-enabled cyborg cockroach for search and rescue

S Rasakatla, W Tenma, T Suzuki… - Journal of Robotics …, 2022‏ - jstage.jst.go.jp
We describe here our design and implementation of a cyborg insect, called CameraRoach,
with onboard camera feedback that can be navigated via remote control providing a first …

CameraRoach: various electronic backs packs for Search and Rescue

S Rasakatla, T Suzuki, W Tenma… - … on Robotics and …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a WiFi-enabled cyborg cockroach equipped with a wireless camera to
send video telemetry feedback to the use/controller for search and rescue. We developed …

Calmbots: Exploring possibilities of multiple insects with on-hand devices and flexible controls as creation interfaces

Y Tsukuda, D Tagami, M Sadasue, S Suzuki… - CHI Conference on …, 2022‏ - dl.acm.org
We introduce” Calmbots” that are insects-based interfaces comprising multiple functions, ie,
drawing, display, transportation, or haptics. We explore possibilities of multiple insects as co …