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 ...

“That’s how they git you. They’re under the goddamned ground!” So says Val McKee, the hired hand played by Kevin Bacon in 1990’s classic comedy creature feature, Tremors. McKee is referring to the ...

It may be just circuits and metal, but this robotic snake from Carnegie Mellon University’s Biorobotics Lab will give you flashbacks to the hydrobots from Terminator Salvation. Behold the robot that ...

A YouTuber has gained millions of views in just a couple of days after he built robot legs to help a snake "walk." The video, released on August 13, was made by Allen Pan, a content creator who uses ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s been roughly 150 million years since snakes moseyed around ...

When sea snakes swim, they wind their way through the water by flicking their flattened tails, which is super graceful but requires a whole lot of coordination. So when roboticists at Carnegie Mellon ...

A repair robot that takes inspiration from the bendiness and sensing ability of snakes to access hard-to-reach places in harsh, industrial environments is now being exploited for use in human surgery.