How do you defend against this?
Large can of Raid and a lighter.
Suits of armor?
Maybe heavy mosquito netting, so long as the robots don’t release toxic/infectious aerosol.
“...employ it to research insect flight control and dynamics...”
Does nobody read even the little excerpts anymore!? Insect research, that’s all it is!
Right next door to the guys that are developing motorized exoskeletons for humans so that retired folks can get up and down the stairs without that seat thing-a-ma-jig added onto the wall.