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The next traditional scientific step is testing the hypotheses, typically a long, iterative process. “If it’s a failure, we go back to the drawing board again,” Murugesan says. One of his previous ...

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A cyborg cockroach navigates autonomously through obstacles. Audible beeps indicate the detection of a human. Credit: P. T. Tran-Ngoc et al.Adv.Intell.