At the University of California, Berkeley, researchers have created a remote control beetle. Now, this isn’t a mechanical beetle. It’s a real beetle. Controlled by remote.
This task was accomplished using six electrodes and a 1.3 gram radio module on the beetle’s back. It almost seems easy enough to do at home.
As part of its ongoing project to weaponize nature, DARPA, who is funding the research, now wants to add sensors and use these insects on recognizance missions. After all, a huge-ass beetle with an electronic backpack should blend right in. If we’re fighting giant bugs. Which we probably will be.
After DARPA makes them and all.
