S’pore’s cyborg cockroaches helping with search-and-rescue efforts in Myanmar quake | The Straits Times
by David Sun
Apr. 5, 2025

SINGAPORE – A total of 10 cyborg cockroaches from Singapore have been sent to Myanmar to assist with search-and-rescue efforts after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on March 28, killing more than 3,000 people.

The insects were flown into Myanmar and joined the Singapore Civil Defence Force’s (SCDF) Operation Lionheart contingent on March 30.

This is the first time in the world such cyborgs have been used in a humanitarian operation.

It is also the first time insect-hybrid robots have been deployed in the field.