[Will Donaldson] has been making robot snakes of all sorts. One of his snakes hugs the ground, slithering across it with a sine wave motion. Flipping it on its side and calling different code, that ...

If a future Mars rover plans to climb up something steep, it might have to look something like a sidewinder snake. These rattlesnakes have an unusual way of moving across sandy surfaces, and engineers ...

Robots come in all shapes and sizes, and while robotics experts are often inspired by nature when designing new bots, you probably wouldn’t think a snake would provide much inspiration. You’d be wrong ...

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has created a new robot that has six legs, looks creepily like a spider when it walks, and is dubbed "Snake Monster". Not exactly endearing traits, but the Snake ...

The roboticists of Harvard like things that are creepy crawly. First came the cockroach-inspired robot. Now there's a giant inflatable snake inching its way through Harvard Yard. A team of researchers ...

Danish scientists have developed an origami snake robot that could one day search for survivors at disaster sites, or even explore other planets. The device moves via rectilinear locomotion, just like ...

The snake has long been one of the most compelling demos out of Carnegie Mellon’s robotics lab. Inspired by the biblical reptile of the same name, its long, skinny build makes it perfect for squeezing ...

Carnegie Mellon University has developed a snake-like robot that can work underwater, making it a tool that could prove beneficial for inspecting boats and underwater infrastructure and completing ...