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The Carnegie Mellon snake robot has finally mastered the art of slithering up a sandy slope. One snake's ability to shimmy up slippery sand dunes could inspire new technologies for robots that could ...

A snake-like robot developed by Japanese electronics giant Hitachi and its nuclear affiliate Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, has passed all tests and is ready for its April-timed probing of unit 1 of the ...

A robot from Carnegie Mellon takes the snake-bot concept and uses the twisty robo-critters as legs for a strange new machine. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

Aboard a timber-hauling ship in calm waters, one crew member climbed down into a cargo hold. He collapsed. His crew mate, sensing trouble, dashed down the same ladder for a rescue. He collapsed. Then ...

Blend the Japanese folding technique of Kirigami with an elastomer actuator, and what have you got? A locomoting snake robot that can huff around its own girth with no strings attached! That’s exactly ...

There are a bunch of interesting constraints in designing the control for this bot. The tracks on the ground, naturally, have to adjust their relative angles so that they lie each flat on the surface, ...

One snake's ability to shimmy up slippery sand dunes could inspire new technologies for robots that could perform search and rescue missions, carry out inspections of hazardous wastes and even explore ...