In April, the Bundeswehr carried out its first tests with remote-controlled cockroaches from the Kassel start-up SWARM Biotactics. The ones with little “backpacks” made of sensors, Cockroaches equipped with cameras and microphones will help the army with military reconnaissance in the future.
The so-called AutoBugs are to be controlled remotely in small swarms using electrical impulses, for example for reconnaissance purposes- or search operations reduce the danger to soldiers. The goal is according to the Bundeswehr, Using the cockroaches to create a picture of the situation from a distance.
Company founder Jörg Lamprecht described the technology as a “new era of living machines”. Laut „nd“ plant SWARM Biotactics, In the future, pigeons and possibly sharks could also be equipped with sensors or the “AutoBugs” could be equipped with explosives. As “living cyborg swarm” The animals should be used for surveillance purposes in times of war without regard to animal rights.