A cyborg beetle: Insect flight control through an implantable, tetherless microsystem

Author

Sato, Hirotaka ; Berry, Christopher W. ; Casey, Brendan E. ; Lavella, Gabriel ; Yao, Ying ; VandenBrooks, John M. ; Maharbiz, Michel M.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

fYear

2008

fDate

13-17 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

167

Abstract

We present an implantable flight control microsystem for a cyborg beetle. The system consists of multiple inserted neural and muscular stimulators, a visual stimulator, a polyimide assembly and a microcontroller. The system is powered by two size 5 cochlear microbatteries. The insect platform is Cotinis texana, a 2 cm long, 1-2 gram Green June Beetle. We also provide data on the implantation of silicon neural probes, silicon chips, microfluidic tubes, and LED´s introduced during the pupal stage of the beetle.

Keywords

biocontrol; biocybernetics; computer vision; light emitting diodes; man-machine systems; microcontrollers; microfluidics; muscle; neurophysiology; silicon; virtual reality; Cotinis texana; Green June Beetle; LED; Si; beetle pupal stage; cochlear microbatteries; cyborg beetle; implantable microsystem; insect flight control; microcontroller; microfluidic tubes; multiple inserted neural stimulators; muscular stimulators; polyimide assembly; silicon chips; silicon neural probes; tetherless microsystem; visual stimulator; Aerospace control; Assembly; Electrodes; Insects; Microcontrollers; Muscles; Polyimides; Probes; Silicon; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2008. MEMS 2008. IEEE 21st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

ISSN

1084-6999

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1792-6

Electronic_ISBN

1084-6999

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMSYS.2008.4443618

Filename

4443618