Robobugs

I've been waiting for these ever since I watched the Batman TV series as a little kid. Fox News

It looks like something out of the latest science-fiction movie, but it could be the next line of defense for U.S. soldiers fighting on the front lines.

The British defense and aerospace company BAE Systems is creating small electronic insects, spiders and snakes that have the ability to enter places before combat soldiers and electronically report back what's inside, the U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper reported.

BAE just signed a multi-million dollar contract to develop the robots for the U.S. Army, the newspaper reported.

Some of the insect-like robots will have small cameras, while others will have sensors able to detect chemical, biological or radioactive weapons, the Daily Mail reported.