NTU Prof Hirotaka Sato working with NTU Project Officer Greg Angelo Gonzales Nonato on the automated cyborg insect factory prototype (IMAGE)

Nanyang Technological University

NTU Prof Hirotaka Sato working with NTU Project Officer Greg Angelo Gonzales Nonato on the automated cyborg insect factory prototype

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(Left) NTU Prof Hirotaka Sato working with NTU Project Officer Greg Angelo Gonzales Nonato on the automated cyborg insect factory prototype, which can install the miniature electronic backpacks on the back of Madagascar hissing cockroaches in just over a minute, 60 times faster than the manual method.

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NTU Singapore

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