Technologies enabling situational awareness during disaster response: a systematic review

T Kedia, J Ratcliff, M O'Connor, S Oluic… - Disaster Medicine and …, 2022‏ - cambridge.org
Situational awareness (SA) is critical to mobilizing a rapid, efficient, and effective response
to disasters. Limited by time and resources, response agencies must make decisions about …

Sound localization sensors for search and rescue biobots

T Latif, E Whitmire, T Novak, A Bozkurt - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in neural engineering have enabled direct control of insect locomotion
through neural and muscular stimulation. The resulting insect biobots, with a natural ability …

Blurring the Boundaries between Living and Non-living? Examining and Map** the Living Properties of Engineered Matter and Systems

AD Lantada, L Estadieu, M Gorki, P Höfele… - Technology in Society, 2025‏ - Elsevier
This study revisits the long-going discourse concerning the distinction between living and
non-living matter, specifically focusing on living and non-living synthetic materials and …

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 …

Insect–computer hybrid legged robot with user-adjustable speed, step length and walking gait

F Cao, C Zhang, HY Choo… - Journal of The Royal …, 2016‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
We have constructed an insect–computer hybrid legged robot using a living beetle
(Mecynorrhina torquata; Coleoptera). The protraction/retraction and levation/depression …

Electrical stimulation of coleopteran muscle for initiating flight

HY Choo, Y Li, F Cao, H Sato - PloS one, 2016‏ - journals.plos.org
Some researchers have long been interested in reconstructing natural insects into steerable
robots or vehicles. However, until recently, these so-called cyborg insects, biobots, or living …

Towards fenceless boundaries for solar powered insect biobots

T Latif, E Whitmire, T Novak… - 2014 36th annual …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Demonstration of remote navigation with instrumented insects, such as the Madagascar
Hissing Cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa, has enabled the concept of biobotic …

Biobotic motion and behavior analysis in response to directional neurostimulation

A Dirafzoon, T Latif, F Gong, M Sichitiu… - … , Speech and Signal …, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents preliminary results for motion behavior analysis of Madagascar hissing
cockroach biobots subject to stochastic and periodic neurostimulation pulses corresponding …

Abdominal-waving control of tethered bumblebees based on sarsa with transformed reward

N Zheng, Q Ma, M **, S Zhang, N Guan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cyborg insects have attracted great attention as the flight performance they have is
incomparable by micro aerial vehicles and play a critical role in supporting extensive …

Acoustic sensors for biobotic search and rescue

E Whitmire, T Latif, A Bozkurt - SENSORS, 2014 IEEE, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances in neural engineering have enabled direct control of insect locomotion. Insect
biobots, with a natural ability to crawl through small spaces, offer unique advantages over …