A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University has achieved an unprecedented technological and biological development in the world, by creating a biologically hybrid robot that “hears” through the ear of a dead locust.

For the first time, a dead locust ear was connected to a robot that receives electrical signals from the ear and responds accordingly. The result is unusual: when researchers clap once, the locust’s ear hears the sound and the robot moves forward. When the researchers clap twice, the robot moves back.

And robots were able to hear sounds through a dead locust’s ear in the world’s first experiment using the Ear-on-a-Chip method to create a long-lasting sensory device.

 The Tel Aviv University team announced the new Ear-bot, which replaces an electronic microphone in a bio-hybrid robot with the insect's ear, allowing the machine to receive electrical signals from the surrounding environment and respond accordingly.

Although the experiment looks strange, the team conducted the test to understand how biological systems, especially sensory systems, could be integrated into mechanical systems.

Dr. bin M. said. Deficient: "We chose the sense of hearing, because it can be easily compared to the existing technologies, unlike the sense of smell, for example, where the challenge is much greater."