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Paramedic cockroaches: cyborg care when rescuers can’t reach (news.uq.edu.au)
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  • Researchers fitted Giant Burrowing Cockroaches with a removable navigation system that enables them to be remotely piloted through complex terrain and rubble
  • The size and strength of the cockroaches also allows them to carry cameras and miniature medical injectors to deliver supervised emergency care to people trapped in collapsed buildings, or caves
  • Researchers say the long-term vision is to deploy swarms of specialised cyborg insects to disaster sites, each performing complementary role

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[–] 12 points 2 months ago

Cool! Such a leap from the 2016 competition organised by CSIRO:

https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/robotics/UAV-Challenge

Was leading the computer vision team for the robotics club at my uni for this one. Really interesting task; a bunch of subproblems related to sending drones like this out.

I bet Zipline has the state of the art in this kind of thing.

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    [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Ok, so actually reading this article...

    ‘Swarms’ of cyborg cockroaches with cameras and miniature medical injectors could deliver supervised emergency care

    So do they know they made assassin bots? Because they definitely made assassin bots from hell. Like for sure that's the primary use case here.

    I mean, "swarms of cyborg bugs with hypodermic needles". Find a way to interpret that sentence that isn't horrifying, I fucking dare you.

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    [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Use this medkit I found from fighting the cyberroaches earlier.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    No! Bad biotech industry! Down!

    Look what you did... Look what you did!

    You made a medical device out of a cockroach!

    Well? What do you have to say for yourself?

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