Modular Snake Robots

Snake robots can use their many internal degrees of freedom to thread through tightly packed volumes and access locations that people and machinery otherwise cannot. These highly articulated devices can coordinate their internal degrees of freedom to perform a variety of locomotive gaits that go beyond the capabilities of conventional wheeled and legged robots. The true power of these devices is their versatility; they can crawl, climb, swim, and scale flights of stairs.

Copyright 2008 Biorobotics Lab, Carnegie Mellon University. All Rights Reserved.

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Science & Technology

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• robotics
• snake
• robots
• carnegie
• mellon
• electronics
• biorobotics
• modular
• modsnake
• cmu
• ri

[texagman]

Looks like an awesome sex toy! :)

[elfgod]

Shows what you know. I don't know why you would think its fake. If you do some research on Biorobotics you will understand that this kind of bot is not that hard to build. Bots like this and other like the QRIO, or even the robotic fish you see on here are 100% real. Real not because I say so but because they have plenty of evidence that they are. I'm sick of people labeling things fake when they are obviously real.

[happinesson]

Nice gift idea for my mother-in-law!!Thanks.

[tabhatacamberos]

fantastic video, I would love to see more! Take Care

[Figroliun]

I've got a cousin that worked on this! He did the protective skin I think.

[TheEidolon7]

So if I see any kind of bug or creature creepin' into my room when I'm lookin' at porn I'll know big brother is watchin' with me...

[Stickmen102]

so, can you buy one of those? but a cheaper one? like is there an RC company where you can go to target and buy one of these?

[SASardonic]

Snake? Snaaaaaakkkkeeee!

[LanceWinslow5]

excellent work, quite impressive indeed.

[HugoIStayHere]

let me see it operate for more than 1 hour without to power cord attached and then i will applaud.