Snake Robot Locomotion (VIDEO)

Johns Hopkins University

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Snake robots may someday help us explore inaccessible terrain like building rubble after an earthquake. But can robots ever match the incredible locomotion of biological snakes? Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are moving closer to that goal, having developed a snake robot that can traverse large obstacles better than previous designs.

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Patrick Ridgely, Dave Schmelick, Len Turner/Johns Hopkins University Office of Communications

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