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Swimming Snake Robot Is Not Scary, Just Wants to Make Sure Navy Ships Are OK

This underwater robot snake looks like fun, but it has an important job to do. The result of a collaboration between the Carnegie Mellon University, the ARM Institute and the Department of Defense, ...
nerdist

These Robotic Legs Slither and Wiggle Like a Snake

Recently, YouTuber Allen Pan gave a snake robotic legs in case it wanted to walk around. James Bruton saw that and instead of just saying “huh” and moving on, he decided to make a set that move in a ...
Newsweek

NASA Tests Robot Snakes to Send to Other Planets

In a step away from the traditional Wall-E-shaped robots that have been sent to other planets, NASA is planning to send robots resembling snakes to explore the moons of Saturn. These serpentine robots ...
Fox Business

NASA developing snake-like robot to search for life on one of Saturn's moons

The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is testing a snake-like robot with hopes of one day sending it to one of Saturn’s moons in search of life outside of Earth. According to the JPL project’s ...
New Atlas

Submersible snake-inspired robot can inspect ships and infrastructure

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have spent a number of years developing modular snake-like robots for all kinds of purposes, and the latest adaptation sees its serpent-inspired tech ...
PC Gamer

NASA's working on a wiggly snake-like autonomous Rover alternative to 'boldly go where no robot has gone before'

I, for one, welcome the era of autonomous, interplanetary snakes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA is currently testing an ...
autoevolution

This Snake-Looking Robot Could Be Used to Dig Holes on the Moon and Jupiter

What looks like a snake, digs like a mole, and uses granular fluidization to clear its path through the underground? Yes, we know, we’ve lost you at that last one, there, haven’t we? The answer is a ...