An origami robot can crawl forward like a snake 1. Snakes’ winding movements have long inspired robotics researchers, but the linear motion that allows the reptiles to creep through tight spaces ...

Three soft robotics researchers from Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy and the University of Montpellier in France have developed a unique snake-like robot that 3D prints its own ...

The snake robot form factor has existed for decades. In addition to the diversity it adds to the world of automation, the design has several pragmatic attributes. The first is redundancy, which allows ...

Beijing’s first robot-themed park debuted ahead of the Lunar New Year in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (Beijing E-Town), featuring humanoid robots, tea-serving robots, and ...

We’ve been following the development of Carnegie Mellon’s robotic snake for some time now. And as much as it’s a brilliant piece of technology, it’s also downright scary how realistically it can ...

Carnegie Mellon University has developed a modular robotic snake to perform underwater inspections. Underwater inspection can be a hazardous occupation for human divers. The modular robot snake is ...