Having to handle the bugs doesn’t bother Fitzgerald: “No, they definitely don’t gross me out!” he says. Cyborg insects have an edge over traditional robots, according to Fitzgerald.

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Meanwhile, to power the electronics in their cyborg cockroach, the team included a lithium-polymer battery in the backpack. A very thin organic solar cell was attached to the cockroach’s abdomen ...