Cockroaches may be the first animal that humans might successfully transform into a robot, a hybrid of insect and machine that we can send anywhere to be our eyes and ears. Alper Bozkurt, electrical & computer engineering, featured.
Researchers are using cloud computing resources to analyze smart grid data from thousands of sensors, called phasor measurement units, or PMUs. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical and computer engineering, featured.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have figured out how to make cyborg cockroaches — or biobots, as they call them — pick up sound and seek out its source. So one day, the first responders to a rubble-filled disaster scene might be rescue...
A new platform that allows humans and dogs increased communications in all situations, from rescue and other working operations to pet bonding, has been developed by researchers at North Carolina State University.
A team of researchers at North Carolina State University has created a swarm of cyborg cockroaches, nicknamed “biobots,” that are equipped with microphones to pick up sounds and trace them to their sources. The researchers hope the biobots could one day be...
Researchers at North Carolina State University say they’ve capitalized on the resilient nature of cockroaches by turning them into cyborgs that will assist in rescue and relief efforts by fitting in tiny spaces at disaster zones that current robots can’t,...
If you’re trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building, the last thing you want to see is a swarm of cockroaches headed your way. But thanks to a group of North Carolina State University researchers, those creepy crawlies could just save your life.
Researchers at N.C. State University are changing the way first responders address emergency situations with the help of cyborg cockroaches. Called biobots, the cockroaches are wired with a robotic backpack that allows them to pick up sounds with small microphones and...
A North Carolina native and N.C. State University grad is one of eight people training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to go to become an astronaut. Christina Hammock, 34, of Jacksonville, was 1 of 8 candidates selected from more than 6,100 applicants to train...
Researchers at N.C. State University are changing the way first-responders address emergency situations with the help of cyborg cockroaches. The devices, called biobots, are wired with a robotic backpack that allows them to pick up sounds with small microphones and...
Climate change has been a worldwide concern, especially after the strongest typhoon ever recorded killed thousands of lives and high magnitude earthquakes have struck numerous countries. To aid the crucial rescue operations during disasters, North Carolina State...
North Carolina State University researchers have developed technology that allows cyborg cockroaches, or biobots, to pick up sounds with small microphones and seek out the source of the sound. The technology is designed to help emergency personnel find and rescue...
Researchers from North Carolina State University have outfitted cyborg cockroaches with microphones which, when wired up to the roaches’ normal sensory appartus, means that the ‘biobots’ will seek out the source of a sound. The scientists hope that,...
A new platform that allows humans and dogs increased communications in all situations, from rescue and other working operations to pet bonding, has been developed by researchers at North Carolina State University.
North Carolina State University researchers have developed technology that allows cyborg cockroaches, or biobots, to pick up sounds with small microphones and seek out the source of the sound. The technology is designed to help emergency personnel find and rescue...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a high-tech dog harness that they say allows dogs and humans to communicate using a computer. The prototype harness, called the Cyber-Enhanced Working Dog, has sensors that collect and interpret dogs’...
A pair of papers describing these findings were recently presented at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensors 2014 Conference in Valencia, Spain and the 36th Annual International IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)...
The researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a special type of cockroach-inspired device that they claim can save your life at some point of time. The new device, dubbed as cyborg cockroaches or biobots, may help in carrying rescue operations...
Someday, those vile, slimy cockroaches that make you shriek like a five-year-old girl might look more like little superheroes in some people’s eyes. Researchers from the North Carolina State University have developed a way for roaches to detect and locate...
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a suite of technologies that can be used to enhance communication between dogs and humans, which has applications in everything from search and rescue to service dogs to training our pets.
