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Australian scientists have created insect-robot hybrids for search-and-rescue missions.

The cockroach cyborgs are designed to find people trapped in areas human rescuers can’t reach.

The cyborgs can fire syringes from their backs for emergency treatment.

Other teams have made diving suits for cockroaches so they can operate during floods.

The concept has been trialled in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Myanmar.

If you ever find yourself buried beneath the rubble of an earthquake’s aftermath or…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU