Yes! That’s what I’m talking about! A Giant Mushi Mecha!!! Japan, I love you.
This robot (dubbed he “Kabutom RX-03″) may look like a creature out of a Godzilla movie, but it is functional:
Shaped like a kabuto-mushi (rhinocerous beetle, a favorite design of Japanese toymakers and, uh, candymakers), it can be remote controlled or piloted from the cockpit (visible on the left side), and [...]
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Coming Soon from DARPA: Cyborg Moths
For years DARPA has been trying to develop cyborg insect spys that can be controlled remotely. Problem is, well, living things don’t survive with robotic parts in them. That is until now.
Georgia Tech professor Robert Michelson reports he has had success getting the bugs to live into adulthood by putting the mechanical components into the abdominal [...]
