The cyborg insect is composed of the Madagascar hissing cockroach and a wireless stimulation backpack on its back. (IMAGE)

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The cyborg insect is composed of the Madagascar hissing cockroach and a wireless stimulation backpack on its back.

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(A) A locomotion tracking system for cyborg insects, which uses a camera to track the insect's position, transmitting the positional data to the host for recording; (B) a host that acquires and modifies the control signal parameters and obtains the locomotion trajectory data from the cyborg insect locomotion tracking system; (C) schematic representation of the locomotion control system for cyborg insects; (D) illustration of electrode implantation and stimulation points. The red arrows indicate magnified views, and the black arrows denote positional annotations.

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Jieliang Zhao, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology.

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