A Gen 2 Snakebot from NASA, demonstrating rearing capabilities. A snakebot, also referred to as a snake robot, is a biomorphic robot that resembles a snake. Snakebots have uses similar to those of certain types of soft robots. [1] Snakebots can vary significantly in size and design.

Sep 27, 2017 · Carnegie Mellon University researchers last week deployed a snake-like robot to search for trapped survivors in a Mexico City apartment building that collapsed in the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook the city Sept. 19.

Apr 13, 2021 · Carnegie Mellon University's acclaimed snake-like robot can now slither its way underwater, allowing the modular robotics platform to inspect ships, submarines and infrastructure for damage.

Snakebot is an indefinitely extensible robot platform that employs a moving-wave method of locomotion analogous to the serpentine gait of biological snakes.

Apr 15, 2021 · Most recently, CMU’s Biorobotics Lab designed the snakebot to travel underwater so that it can inspect battle damage to naval ships’ hulls, submarines, and structural flaws in offshore oil rigs.

Oct 3, 2000 · NASA engineers are developing an intelligent robot snake that may help explore other worlds and perform construction tasks in space. planning routes over or around obstacles, could be ready for...

With a snakebot, the robot can enter through the solar-plexus area, make a one-quarter of an inch turn one way and then another — accessing the back-side of the heart without any effect on the nearby ribs.

Apr 14, 2021 · A snake-like robot can now slither its way through water, allowing it to inspect ships, submarines, and underwater infrastructure for damage.

May 23, 2018 · Snake robots or “snakebots” are especially valuable in search-and-rescue operations. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from 20-30-foot-long snakebots that work on the ocean floor to tiny medical snakebots used inside the human body for surgical procedures. The CMU team prepares their snake robot for a search mission.

Apr 14, 2021 · Carnegie Mellon University ’s acclaimed snake-like robot can now slither its way underwater, allowing the modular robotics platform to inspect ships, submarines and infrastructure for damage.