---
title: "Japanese boffins build solar-powered cyborg cockroach"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/japanese-boffins-build-solar-powered-cyborg-cockroach-qv4cyu2h1
source_url: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/09/22/japanese_solar_powered_cyborg_cockroach/
type: article
source: "The Register"
published: 2022-09-22T19:10:31.363Z
updated: 2023-10-04T02:13:40.530Z
tags: ["future", "sensors", "tech-news"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 12
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Japanese boffins build solar-powered cyborg cockroach

**[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Japanese boffins build solar-powered cyborg cockroach with a tiny Arduino-based backpack. When stimulated with an electrical current, the researchers were able to get the cyberroach to turn either left or right. Commands are sent wirelessly to the Arduino system in the backpack, which then moves the bug.

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