Snake Robots

Posted by Liesl Ulrich-Verderber

Are you afraid of snakes? What about robots? What about snake robots?


A robot with the advantages of a snake?! Now here’s an idea that is truly “outside the box!” This innovation, which uses nature for inspiration, is just one incredible example ofbiomimicry; a growing field of science at the intersection of engineering, design, and biology.

If you can get over the impulse to recoil from how snake-like it is, you will see that the snake robot has some incredible abilities and applications, about which we will soon learn more. But first, let’s take a look at the possibilities for underwater applications:
  

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